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She travelled to Europe in the ‘50s & enjoyed exploring America. Her greatest journeys were into her subconscious, however. Cottonwoods (c1952), Easter Sunrise (1953), Black Door with Red (1954) & Ladder to the Moon (1958)
Her pineapple commission meant she visited Hawaii in 1939 which resulted in some 20 canvases she painted later in NY. Crab Claw (1939), Pineapple Bud (1939), Black Lava Bridge (1939) & Fishhook from Hawaii (1939). Fishhook is a tour-de-force!
Such is the iconic nature of her approach that whole generations have grown up plagiarising her style! Rams Head with Hollyhock (1935), Blue Morning Glories (1935), Black Iris VI (1936) & Red Hills & White Shell (1938)
O’Keeffe was in New Mexico by 1929. The region was to provide fertile ground for her imagination & images which have come to define the landscape there. Trees at Glorietta (1929), Taos Mountain (1930), Out Back of Marie’s II (1930) & Horses Skull (1930)
In the late ‘20s she carried out a number of skyline pictures. The Brooklyn Gallery held a retrospective in 1927. Her fame was assured by canny PR. She married Stieglitz (1924). Yellow Calla (1926), Red Poppy (1927), 2 Calla Lilies On Pink (1928) & Oak Leaves, Pink & Grey (1929)
Critics have claimed to see genitalia in her work. She disagreed. Given the power & universality of her subconscious they saw what they themselves wanted to. Grey Line with Black, Blue & Yellow (1923), Pattern of Leaves (1923), Red Canna (1924) & Flower of Life II (1925)
Burton became associated with the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1855. He moved to London in 1858. Shireen (nd), Mary Palliser (nd) & Cassandra Fedele (nd). He became engaged to Palliser, who was from Waterford, but they never married.
For the next 6 years he was in London, Paris & the US. In the latter he lectured cowboys on the aesthetics of Corot (Wilde’s favourite artist). He published Poems (1881) which was well received.
As the years progressed Martin’s ability for the sublime appeared to increase. His skies pound the canvases with fury! Fallen Angels in Hell (1841), Assuaging of the Waters (c1834-40), Destruction of Tyre (1840), Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still (1840) & Solitude (1843)
It’s fascinating to see a Martin blockbuster applied to the Coronation. It’s likely his royal friends were delighted but to modern eyes the doll-like figures seem strangely butterfly-like. The Deluge (1834), Manfred & Alpine Watch (1837) & The Coronation of Queen Victoria (1839)