By SJ Peploe ‘Red Cloth’ Is a Bold Still Life

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“TULIPS AND FRUIT” by Samuel John Peploe

Peploe often painted tulips because of their clear shape and pure colour. In this painting “A VASE OF PINK ROSES” by Samuel John Peploe the tulips arch over and there are even some coming into the painting from the side. The painting does not look untidy because the tulips have such a precise shape. Peploe paints clear shapes. The cup looks as if it could be picked up. The objects in the foreground are pale set against the colourful fabrics behind.

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© Guy Peploe. For more information please contact the Bridgeman Art Library on 020 7727 4065 and the Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation on 020 7282 4489 / Licensed via www.scran.ac.uk “RED CLOTH” by FCB Cadell “ROSES” by SJ Peploe ‘Red Cloth’ is a bold still life. The artist has carefully placed the dishes so that you see the At first glance the painter seems to have created a muddle of shapes. The flat, untextured apples and green grapes first, then the black grapes, then the pale rose. The colours are nature of the paint makes everything seem very close to your eyes. Peploe has painted rich and warm. his favourite vase and black ribbon along with the roses.

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“BLUE & WHITE VASE, ROSES, MELON AND ORANGE” by SJ Peploe

© Ruth Hunter. For more information please contact the Bridgeman Art Library on 020 7727 4065 and the Fine Art Society on 020 7629 5116 / Licensed via www.scran.ac.uk The very round, yellow melon in its dish is linked to the more delicate roses by a crumpled napkin. The roses are closer to the front of the picture than the melon but the melon is eye-catching because of its definite shape. Peploe has once again painted in his favourite “APPLES, PEARS AND ROSES” by GL Hunter black ribbon. The apples on the plate look solid and thee-dimensional against the many coloured wallpaper and tablecloth. The roses look real but are light looking compared with the fruit.

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“STILL LIFE WITH JAPANESE JAR & ROSES” © Guy Peploe. For more information please contact the Bridgeman Art Library on 020 7727 4065 and the Fine Art Society on 020 7629 5116 / Licensed via www.scran.ac.uk by SJ Peploe “STILL LIFE OF DAHLIAS AND FRUIT” by SJ Peploe In this painting of roses and fruit, the spikiness of the shapes reminds you of jazz music. This painting has many strong colours. The flowers lean to the left and look as if they Peploe was influenced by the work of Cezanne and Matisse. Peploe quite often used have become part of the background. The apples have flat-looking surfaces but are black ribbon in his compositions which makes you think of ladies. rounded because of the way the light shines on them. Peploe is using strong colour, shape and pattern.

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The shapes and colours of the fruit are reflected from the head of the sun goddess The title of the painting says ‘Chinese Vase’ but the orange peonies and the many green ‘Eastre’. There is only a suggestion of a bowl holding the fruit. Everything in the painting leaves clustered around are more striking against the white panelling. echoes colours and shapes.

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“STILL LIFE - CHINESE BOWL” by GL Hunter “STILL LIFE (FRUIT)”by SJ Peploe The bowl in this painting is solid and looks as if you could pick it up. The reflection of the In this painting there are contrasting colours but they are all toned down or muted. There bowl on the tabletop is as if from shimmering water. is strong light and dark. The painting is very much in the style of Cezanne.

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This still life is vigorously painted with a minimum of brushstrokes and the use of bright, strong colours. Like the other artist, his friend Peploe, he used the same objects in a number of different still lifes. © Cadell Family. For more information please contact the Bridgeman Art Library on 020 7727 4065 and the Fine Art Society on 020 7629 5116 / Licensed via www.scran.ac.uk “ROSES AT CASSIS” by FCB Cadell

Cadell painted this at Cassis in southern France. The painting is made up of angles – the roses, the leaves , the black scarf and the yellow doors. This joins into one idea about the man-made things and the roses which are from nature. The colours also make this idea stronger.

© Ruth Hunter. For more information please contact the Bridgeman Art Library on 020 7727 4065 and the Fine Art Society on 020 7629 5116 / Licensed via www.scran.ac.uk “STILL LIFE, ROSES AND CHINESE JAR” by SJ Peploe

“STILL LIFE – ROSES” by George Leslie Hunter This painting contains Peploe’s favourites – the Chinese jar and the roses. The pink rose Bright, shining objects are placed against a black background which makes the painting feel leans across the fruit in the bowl but we can see the fruit because of its vibrant colour. The very dramatic. The painter has made the light glance from the grapes so that they appear rose in the foreground echoes the colour of the apples. to have very thin skins as grapes do. This style is from an older tradition of painting.

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“STILL LIFE WITH ROSES & MIRROR” by SJ Peploe

In this painting Peploe returns again to his favourite theme of roses in a vase. Here we © Copyright the artist’s estate / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art / Licensed via www.scran.ac.uk can see the influence of Japanese prints which had flooded into Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. The painting has an almost geometric feel with the vase centralised “STILL LIFE” by SJ Peploe in the composition and the complimentary colurs of blue and orange are repeated in the mirror reflection. This was painted while Peploe was in Paris. He has used bolder colours and more angular shapes. At the time this work was described as ‘daring’. Peploe had been influenced by Picasso who did not try to paint exactly what he saw but in angular shapes.

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“TEAPOT WITH FLOWERS AND FRUIT” by JD Fergusson “WHITE ROSES IN A VASE” by SJ Peploe

All the objects in this painting are carefully placed and seem of equal importance. Peploe paints things he is familiar and comfortable with. In this painting he is leading They have been outlined in blue, giving them definite edges. The paint has been your eye past the black table with the vase and roses on to the folded fabric behind. The put on thickly making the objects seem very solid. jagged, outlined rose leaves tie the foreground to the black material in the background.

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