Still Life

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

Born in Vienna, Tess Jaray studied at St Martin’s School of Art and the Slade School of Art in London. She has exhibited internationally and her work is held in many public collections including in London at Tate, and the Victoria and Albert Museum; and at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. In 1995, won the Jerwood Art for Architecture Award. Jaray has completed numerous public commissions, including works for Centenary Square in Birmingham (1988–1992); the forecourt of the new British Embassy in Moscow (1995–2000); and the Outpatients Area, University Hospitals, Coventry and Warwick (2005–06). In 2010, she was elected a Royal Academician, one of the few women RAs; then elected a Senior RA in 2013. In 2016, Jaray curated a group exhibition, 'The Edge of Printing' at the Royal Academy; and in 2018, a solo show of her work was held at Exile, Berlin.

Places

Subjects

still life, abstract

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Tess Jaray (1937 - )

Title

Still Life

Date

1958

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 115.00 cm, width: 77.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Slade School of Fine Art, December 1958

Inscription

br: JARAY 58

GAC number

4830