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3rd June 2011

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“The Bane”, 1931 oil on canvas by Bernard Fleetwood-Walker During the 1930s Fleetwood-Walker painted a series of nudes in the classical tradition. Of these, Sea-Born Thetis, The Model’s Throneand this work all depict lone women and appear to allude to literary or archaic symbolism. The title, The Bane is associated with death, destruction or ruin, while the young woman holds a foxglove, itself a highly poisonous plant. In his exhibition catalogue, The Birmingham School, 1990, Stephen Wildman described the painting ‘…as typical of the sharp, well-balanced design in his oils of the 1930s…’.Irrespective of any underlying meaning or message, these nudes were appreciated at the time for their sensuous beauty; for a while this painting was on loan to HMS Birmingham where it was displayed in the Officer’s mess and no doubt viewed as a welcome diversion.

“The Bane”, 1931 oil on canvas by Bernard Fleetwood-Walker

During the 1930s Fleetwood-Walker painted a series of nudes in the classical tradition. Of these, Sea-Born Thetis, The Model’s Throneand this work all depict lone women and appear to allude to literary or archaic symbolism. The title, The Bane is associated with death, destruction or ruin, while the young woman holds a foxglove, itself a highly poisonous plant. In his exhibition catalogue, The Birmingham School, 1990, Stephen Wildman described the painting ‘…as typical of the sharp, well-balanced design in his oils of the 1930s…’.

Irrespective of any underlying meaning or message, these nudes were appreciated at the time for their sensuous beauty; for a while this painting was on loan to HMS Birmingham where it was displayed in the Officer’s mess and no doubt viewed as a welcome diversion.

Tagged: artpaintingnudeclassicismnaturalismpost impressionismBernard Fleetwood-Walker

Source: fleetwood-walker.co.uk

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