The courtyard
Creator:
Grimble, Rosemary, 1917-2013
Date:
1956
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Inscriptions:
Inscribed in lower right recto: Cyprus 1956
Description:
Born in Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific, Rosemary Grimble was the daughter of Sir Arthur Grimble, a well known colonial administrator. She lived in Cyprus with her husband Adrian Seligman and worked for the Cyprus Review. She hardly ever uses colour in her drawings preferring linear black and white sketches, sometimes using only ink. The pen and ink drawing is not one of the usual drawn by the artist. While her interest mainly concentrated on rural scenes and surroundings, in this particular case, Grimble puts her efforts in depicting an urban house with a beautiful ivy trellis surrounding an opening into a courtyard. There is much tranquility and serenity in the picture. Void of any human presence, and enveloped with much greenery, a sole chair with an embroidery on it suggests this to be the corner of an elderly woman who is spending her time in peaceful reminiscences. Delicate architectural decorations blend with the climber and a door, with its shutters closed, remains inviting enough to the view, who is intrigued to go inside and see behind.
Dimensions:
21 x 22 cm
Signature(s):
Signed in lower right recto: Rosemary Grimble
Identifier:
PNT-00279
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