Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962), The Three Graces

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962)

The Three Graces

Oil on board

Signed ‘Colquhoun’ (lower right)

Executed circa 1942 / 43

10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)

This work has been expertised and we would like to thank Davy Brown for expertising this work 

According to Davy Brown, this work is typical of Colpuhoun’s ‘transition period’ from the time he arrived in London in 1941 until his meeting with the painter Jankel Adler at 77 Bedford Gardens in 1943, resulting in his 1944 show at the Lefevre Gallery.  

Colquhoun suffered a creative block after leaving the army and arriving in London. However, shortly after their arrival there, he and Robert MacBryd met a young couple, Rollo Hayes, a writer and his friend, the artist and model, Millie Gomershall, who leant them their cottage near Church Lench in Worcestershire for three weeks in 1941.

They returned to London with four canvases each.  This painting relates to works from this period which are comparable with style and execution.  After meeting Jankel Adler his style changes. The work related most closely to ‘The Spanish sister’s’ of 1943.

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This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance