Blossoms in Limassol
Creator:
Peto, Gladys Emma, 1890-1977
Date:
1926
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Inscriptions:
Inscribed on verso: Abbey Gallery, Blossoms at Limassol by Gladys Peto' Other label 'Blossoms at Limassol' Other label 'Peto Gladys Emma born 1890 (Mrs Emerson) Watercolour painter and black and white artist, b. Maidenhead, studied at Maidenhead school and London School of Art. On the staff of the “sketch” 1915 - 1916. Lived in Malta, Cyprus and Egypt between 1924-8. Had one man show with the Abbey Gallery in 1929.
Description:
Gladys Emma Peto was an English artist, fashion designer and illustrator. She married Cuthbert Lindsay Emmerson of the Royal Army medical Corps and, during the 1920’s, she travelled with him to Malta, Cyprus and Egypt. An outcome of her travels was the book ‘Malta and Cyprus’ and ‘The Egypt of the Sojourner’ published by J.M. Dent for the Outward Bound Library. In her art deco style, she was clearly influenced by Aubrey Beardsley. The pen and china ink drawing has been little touched by watercolour in shades of a single colour. They are dominated by delicate curved lines which make figures appear taller and thinner, the postures accentuated in a manner that adds sophistication and idealises physical appearances. Peto’s daring artistic attempt to transform the rural life of Cyprus into art deco images and her successful combination of disparate styles, such as the traditional and the avant-garde, make her work notable. The elegant figure of the peasant woman enamoured with the blossoming almond tree develops unobtrusively with the dark feature of the cypress tree and the local house in the background, into a series of bright hills.
Dimensions:
33 x 22 cm
Acquisition Note:
Signed in the lower right recto: Gladys Peto
Identifier:
PNT-00395
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