FS Colour Series: BROWN STONE Inspired by Gustave Courbet’s Rustic Naturalism
French painter Gustave Courbet is best-known as the father of Realism, who painted stirring portrayals of ordinary life and real working people with great pathos and understanding. As such, rustic,...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: JUNIPER Inspired by Paul Gauguin’s Tropical Paradise
In 1891, at the age of 43 years, French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin left his life in Europe for Tahiti, in search of a mystical paradise untainted by the trappings of modernity. The...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: SHITAKE Inspired by John Constable’s Dusty Browns
British 19th century painter John Constable painted the British landscape as a place of wild and unspoilt wonder, revelling in its curling old trees, mud-soaked ground and billowing, cloud-filled...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Marsala Inspired by Artemisia Gentileschi’s Baroque Red
The pioneering Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi painted a world of rich, decadent and warm tones like MARSALA, which she coupled with dramatic, heightened chiaroscuro. Her paintings draw us into...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: RASPBERRY Inspired by Andy Warhol’s Pink Pop Art
Pop artist Andy Warhol had an inimitable knack for capturing the essence of an object, animal or person, ramping up its impact with daring, electrifyingly bright shades of colour like RASPBERRY’s...
View ArticleCreative Pathways into MEDITERRANEAN BLUE: Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso and...
MEDITERRANEAN BLUE is a dazzling, electrifyingly bright colour that conveys the soaring brilliance of summer. Artists through the generations have explored how this entrancing shade of turquoise blue...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Sky Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Swirling Skies
In Vincent van Gogh’s late paintings, pale blues like Sky became a primary feature, documenting his own intimate, expressive response to the landscapes of Saint-Remy and Auvers. His landscapes convey...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Orchid Tint Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Pale Flowers
Pioneering modernist painter Georgia O’Keeffe made a series of radical breakthroughs during the early to mid-20th century, taking seemingly ordinary, everyday subjects and investing them with a...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Dove inspired by JMW Turner’s Marine Light
DOVE linen’s near white has just a hint of turquoise blue, mimicking the pale, salty light of JMW Turner’s stunning Venetian marine views. Known as the ‘painter of light’, Turner was entranced by...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: WISTFUL MAUVE Inspired by Hilma af Klint’s Dreamy Pastels
Dusty, dreamy shades of lilac like WISTFUL MAUVE appeared time and again in the art of pioneering abstractionist Hilma af Klint, representing otherworldly, spiritual states of mind. A medium,...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Black inspired by Tacita Dean’s Dark Sublime
Darkness pervades Tacita Dean’s artworks, falling over craggy rocks and epic mountains into inky, bottomless wells. BLACK Linen shares Dean’s endless black, a colour that intensifies mystery and drama,...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Dawn inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Pink Blush
There is a light, airy delicacy to DAWN linen, suggesting spring blossom or translucent rose petals blushing pink in the sunlight. It was a colour American artist Georgia O’Keeffe returned to over and...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Barn Red Inspired by Edward Hopper’s Modern Life
The great American realist Edward Hopper had a remarkable gift for observation, finding strange intrigue in the most unlikely of places. Gas stations, late-night bars and quiet buildings tucked away in...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Japanese Blue Inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s Deep Indigo
Deep shades of indigo like Japanese Blue were a potent tool in the arsenal of much-loved 19th century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, a means of investing dark, brooding shadows into his...
View ArticleFS Colour Series: Lagoon inspired by Joan Eardley’s Leaden Skies
The silvery grey-blue of LAGOON linen became leaden, steely skies in the hands of painter Joan Eardley, capturing the furious energy of storm-laden seascapes in thick slabs, swipes and streaks of moody...
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