Description
Signed, oil on board
Dimensions
19cm x 25cm (7.5in x 10in)
Footnote
Provenance: Collection of Roy and Mairi Rankin
Note: Throughout various points in his career, Sir Robin Philipson became occupied with the exploration of particular motifs.
At the end of the 1950s, Philipson began turning his attention to the technical and decorative possibilities of the cathedral interior. He was particularly inspired by his travels abroad: from Venice where the light of the lagoon pours through the ornate rose windows, to the cheerful candle-lit altars of Mexico, and the towering grandeur of France's gothic architecture. They were a textural delight for his painter's brush and he revelled in describing the glimmering mosaics of coloured glass, the richly carved stonework and the gilded woodwork.