1942 (ca.), Anne Redpath, Borders Landscape -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: Anne Redpath is one of Scotland's most successful artists. She painted this view on the back of her celebrated work, The Indian Rug (or Red Slippers). This two-sided display showcases this rare landscape painting for the first time. When Redpath returned to the Scottish Borders from France in 1934, she made several works depicting the local area in muted pastel tones. In the 1940s she turned increasingly to still-life painting featuring the vibrant colour and pattern for which she is best-known. The limited supply of artists' materials during the Second World War may have prompted Redpath to repurpose this piece of plywood. She may have been unhappy with the landscape or simply needed a new blank surface on which to express herself. Either way, she favoured the still life, exhibiting a work with the title Red Slippers in 1942.
1942 (ca.), Anne Redpath, Borders Landscape -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: Anne Redpath is one of Scotland's most successful artists. She painted this view on the back of her celebrated work, The Indian Rug (or Red Slippers). This two-sided display showcases this rare landscape painting for the first time. When Redpath returned to the Scottish Borders from France in 1934, she made several works depicting the local area in muted pastel tones. In the 1940s she turned increasingly to still-life painting featuring the vibrant colour and pattern for which she is best-known. The limited supply of artists' materials during the Second World War may have prompted Redpath to repurpose this piece of plywood. She may have been unhappy with the landscape or simply needed a new blank surface on which to express herself. Either way, she favoured the still life, exhibiting a work with the title Red Slippers in 1942.