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John Moody (1906 - 1993)
The quarter seated nude in bathing costume
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John Moody (1906 - 1993)
Oil on panel, 6 1/2 x 15 in. (16.5 x 38 cm.)
Provenance: Catherine Moody, the artist’s daughter.
Size:
Height – 16.5cm x Width – 38cm
In a nineteenth century french gilded hollow section frame
Moody, along with fellow artists from the Kingston Group used to
travel to coastal areas, on both sides of the Channel to paint.
The extraordinary series which resulted from his 1926 painting spree
were especially concerned with light – huge skies, seascapes, white
cliffs and rolling sand dunes.
We are grateful to Richard Thompson for the above catalogue note.
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After training at the Royal Academy Schools and working from a studio offered to him by Eric Ravilious (1903 – 1942) and Edward Bawden (1903 – 1989), by the 1930’s, Moody was exhibiting at a variety of London venues and teaching at Wimbledon School of Art; he also became a founder member of the New Kingston Group of painters. Fascinated by the Theatre he was later well known as an opera producer, commissioning stage sets from John Piper and Robert Medley.
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