Composition of Figures

Robert Medley (1905 - 1994)

Oil on canvas

1966

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Morocco
    City: Rabat
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    Born in London, Robert Medley studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art, the Royal Academy and the Slade School of Art in the 1920s. As a student he met Rex Whistler, Stanley Spencer and several Bloomsbury artists. During 1935-1939 he designed sets and costumes for Group Theatre productions of works by his good friend, W. H. Auden and by T. S. Eliot. Medley served in the Middle East during the Second World War and became an Official War Artist. He enjoyed a long career in fine art education, teaching at many London art schools. In 1982 he was awarded a CBE and elected a Royal Academician in 1986. Retrospectives of his work included shows at the Whitechapel Gallery (1963) and at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1984).
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    Materials & Techniques
    canvas, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Title
    Composition of Figures
    Date
    1966
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 89.00 cm, width: 101.50 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Leicester Galleries, April 1966
    Inscription
    tr: R. Medley '66
    Provenance
    Consigned by the artist to Leicester Galleries, London; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in March 1966
    GAC number
    7365