1910, John Duncan Fergusson, Blue Beads -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: This painting is one of many studies John Duncan Fergusson made of a 'type' of European female beauty, seen as modern at the time. The identity of the sitter is not documented, and the work's title suggests it was meant as decorative study of form, colour and the moment, rather than as a traditional portrait. Fergusson was a leading 'Scottish Colourist', a group who adopted the bright colours and simplified outlines of modern French painting. Fergusson visited Paris frequently, living there from 1907 to 1914.
1910, John Duncan Fergusson, Blue Beads -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: This painting is one of many studies John Duncan Fergusson made of a 'type' of European female beauty, seen as modern at the time. The identity of the sitter is not documented, and the work's title suggests it was meant as decorative study of form, colour and the moment, rather than as a traditional portrait. Fergusson was a leading 'Scottish Colourist', a group who adopted the bright colours and simplified outlines of modern French painting. Fergusson visited Paris frequently, living there from 1907 to 1914.