Description
Signed, inscribed and dated verso 'This was painted at Cassis 1928' written by Mrs Peploe 1948, oil on canvas
Dimensions
41cm x 46cm (16in x 18in)
Footnote
Provenance: The Wood Collection
Note:
The Scottish Colourists were united in their love of the landscape and culture of France, as well as painting developments occurring there in the early 20th Century. Peploe's vital attachment to the South of France, in particular, is also present in this collection, in an important, typically pale-toned study of trees in a landscape, painted in Cassis in 1928 and inscribed by the artist's wife. It was his painting colleague J.D. Fergusson who originally convinced Peploe to visit France when he was growing tired of Edinburgh, and Peploe rapidly reacted to the bright, sparkling light of the continent in his paintings with a clear, fresh palette and looser brushwork. In this study, his soft, creamy and chalky tones immediately convey the heat and beautifully dappled light of the Mediterranean.