Materials & Techniques: painting (technique) / Period: 20th century / Subject Terms: figure study

1. Nudes

Creator:: Anthony Fry, 1927–2016
Date:: ca. 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on concrete backed with plywood
Dimensions:: 36 7/8 x 40 7/8 inches (93.7 x 103.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
On View:: Not on view

2. Study of a Nun

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board laid to panel
Dimensions:: 23 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (60.8 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Dreaming of Shapes

Creator:: Tom Wood, born 1955
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 21 x 23 1/2 inches (53.3 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Partial Gift of Duncan Robinson
On View:: Not on view

4. Study of a Head

Creator:: Francis Bacon, 1909–1992
Date:: 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Beekman C. and Margaret H. Cannon
On View:: Not on view

5. Dreaming of Colours

Creator:: Tom Wood, born 1955
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 21 x 23 inches (53.3 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Partial Gift of Duncan Robinson
On View:: Not on view

6. Study of a Head with a White Hat

Creator:: Michael Andrews, 1928–1995
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 7 1/4 x 8 inches (18.4 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale BS 1931
On View:: Not on view

7. Study of a Head for Lights

Creator:: Michael Andrews, 1928–1995
Date:: 1968
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (19.7 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale BS 1931
On View:: Not on view

8. Group of Dancing Figures

Creator:: Anthony Fry, 1927–2016
Date:: ca. 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 28 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches (73 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

9. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 16 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (42.5 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

10. Study - Figure

Creator:: L. S. Lowry, 1887–1976
Date:: 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 6 inches (26.7 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Regan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

11. Double Square

Creator:: Euan Uglow, 1932–2000
Date:: 1999 to 2000
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid to panel
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (41.9 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale, Sheffield Scientific School, Class of 1931
On View:: Not on view

12. Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background)

Creator:: Lucy Jones, born 1955
Date:: 1999
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 × 35 inches (119.4 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

13. Two Figures

Creator:: Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975
Date:: 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on panel
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 1/2 × 27 inches (57.2 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Oliver Radford, Yale BA 1982, in honor of his parents Roger and Jennifer Radford
On View:: Not on view

14. Annela

Creator:: Celia Paul, born 1959
Date:: 2000 to 2001
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (46.4 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

15. Untitled Abstract

Creator:: Roger Furse, 1903–1972
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Overall: 16 3/16 × 20 1/8 × 1 7/8 inches (41.1 × 51.1 × 4.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gregory F.W. Todd, Yale BA 1976, in memory of Joan Castle Sitwell
On View:: Not on view

16. Reclining Nude

Creator:: Sir Matthew Smith, 1879–1959
Date:: 1926
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 x 46 inches (73.7 x 116.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

17. Dorelia in the Garden at Alderney Manor, Dorset

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: ca. 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 × 11 7/8 inches (50.8 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Girlfriends

Creator:: Celia Paul, born 1959
Date:: 2000
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 × 10 inches (26 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

19. Looking On

Creator:: John Kirby, born 1949
Date:: 1999
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 12 × 10 inches (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

20. The Corporal of Horse

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1927
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Nudes

2. Study of a Nun

3. Dreaming of Shapes

4. Study of a Head

5. Dreaming of Colours

6. Study of a Head with a White Hat

7. Study of a Head for Lights

8. Group of Dancing Figures

9. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

10. Study - Figure

11. Double Square

12. Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background)

13. Two Figures

14. Annela

15. Untitled Abstract

16. Reclining Nude

17. Dorelia in the Garden at Alderney Manor, Dorset

18. Girlfriends

19. Looking On

20. The Corporal of Horse