Woman in Black
Oil painting by Miles Fletcher de Montmorency of a Woman in Black. 20th Century.
The painting depicts a standing figure wearing a black sleeveless top and a black and grey see-through foulard that covers part of her arms. She is facing the viewer but she doesn't have finished facial features, as if the painting wasn't finished. Her arms are crossed. The background features muted tones, with vertical lines suggesting drapery or a wall. The Brush strokes create texture, and the colour palette is subdued with hints of green and pink against dominant greys and blacks. The painting has a number of horizontal cracks in several areas as a result of being rolled.
Artist Biography
Miles Fletcher de Montmorency (1893–1963) Miles de Montmorency was a British painter and the 17th Baronet Morres of Knockagh, County Tipperary. Son of Hervey Lodge de Montmorency and husband of stained glass artist Rachel de Montmorency, he studied at Dover School of Art, the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art, and the Royal Academy Schools. He exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy and with war artists, and was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1935, later serving as its honorary librarian. He authored A Short History of Painting in England.
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