#philip wilson steer

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Philip Wilson Steer - The Muslin Dress (1910)

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Philip Wilson Steer OM (28 December 1860 – 18 March 1942)

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Betty (Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Cary Elwes) (Philip Wilson Steer, 1860 - 1942)

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Seated Nude: The Black Hat, c 1900

Philip Wilson Steer

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Girl in a Blue Dress

Philip Wilson Steer

oil paint on wood, ca. 1891

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Mrs. Cyprian Williams and her Two Little Girls

Artist: Philip Wilson Steer (British, 1860–1942

Date: 1891

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom

Description

The unusual perspective of this composition, looking down on the subject, was influenced by the work of French artist Edgar Degas and the design of Japanese prints. It is used to convey a sense of claustrophobia and confinement. The wife of an art collector, Helen Cyprian Williams was a successful amateur artist renowned for her distinctive features and volatile temperament. The uneasy shift in scale from Mrs Williams to her daughters – and her gaze away from them, lost in thought – reinforces some undefined sense of separation. Her stillness invites us to speculate about what is running through her mind.

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Philip Wilson Steer - The Japanese Gown (1896) L

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'Springtime, 1904 by Philip Wilson Steer (d.1942).

Oil on canvas.

Image and text information courtesy Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0.