Red, Black and Intensities
signed and dated 1959
titled verso
titled verso
oil on canvas
91.5 x 122 cms (36 x 48 ins)
framed: 101.5 x 141 cms (43.5 x 55.5 ins)
framed: 101.5 x 141 cms (43.5 x 55.5 ins)
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3ETrevor%20Bell%3C/strong%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cem%3ERed%2C%20Black%20and%20Intensities%3C/em%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22signed_and_dated%22%3Esigned%20and%20dated%201959%3Cbr/%3Etitled%20verso%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3Eoil%20on%20canvas%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E91.5%20x%20122%20cms%20%2836%20x%2048%20ins%29%3Cbr/%3E%0Aframed%3A%20101.5%20x%20141%20cms%20%2843.5%20x%2055.5%20ins%29%3C/div%3E
Although Trevor Bell was living and working in St Ives when he created this work, much of his inspiration was drawn from the colours and textures of the Italian landscape...
Although Trevor Bell was living and working in St Ives when he created this work, much of his inspiration was drawn from the colours and textures of the Italian landscape experienced during his Government Scholarship awarded in 1958. Bell plays with the immersive power of colour in Red, Black and Intensities with crimson pigment dominating the visual field. The work references his earlier experimentation with swathes of sombre colour and refines his use of black.
Provenance
The Artist, John WalkerExhibitions
London, Waddingtons, Trevor Bell Recent Paintings, 2 - 27 February 1960, cat no 17Publications
Michael Bird, The St Ives Artists, A Biography of Place and TimeLund Humphries 2016, illustrated page 201
1
of 3
