William Gear 1915-1997
Composition 1947
signed and dated 1947
oil on board mounted on canvas
29 x 48 cms (11½ x 19 ins)
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Composition 1947 was painted whilst William Gear was working in Paris and exhibiting with the influential Cobra movement. Typically structural in character and strong in colour, it references the artist’s...
Composition 1947 was painted whilst William Gear was working in Paris and exhibiting with the influential Cobra movement. Typically structural in character and strong in colour, it references the artist’s experimentation with the freer, dramatic approach of lyrical abstraction and preceded the first of a series of exhibitions with Gimpel Fils Gallery in London.
