Turquoise Diagonals

Location

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Bridget Riley was born in London and studied at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art, London, in the 1950s. In 1965, her work came to international attention following her participation in the acclaimed Op Art exhibition 'The Responsive Eye', at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1968, Riley became the first contemporary British artist, and the first woman, to win the International Prize at the Venice Biennale. She went on to exhibit and travel widely around the world during the 1970s and ‘80s. Her exploration of the relationships between colour, form and her perception of the natural world continue to be central to her work today. Riley was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1999 with a major retrospective of her work held at the Tate in 2003. Riley has written extensively about her work, including 'The Eye’s Mind: Bridget Riley: Collected Writings 1965–2009', co-authored with Robert Kudielka. In 2012, Riley was officially awarded the 12th Rubens Prize from the city of Siegen, Germany, an award presented every five years to a painter living in Europe in honour of their lifetime artistic accomplishment. In 2016, a year-long major exhibition celebrating 50 years of painting by Riley opened at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. A full retrospective of Riley’s paintings, prints and drawings opened at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh in the summer of 2019, travelling on to the Hayward Gallery, London, that autumn.

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Subjects

abstract

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), hardboard, gouache (as artists material), gouache (as object name)

Artist

Bridget Riley (1931 - )

Title

Turquoise Diagonals

Date

1972

Medium

Gouache on paper mounted on hardboard

Dimensions

height: 101.50 cm, width: 38.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Rowan Gallery, February 1973

Inscription

Inscribed, signed & dated on bottom edge front and on reverse: Turquoise diagonals surrounded by magenta and ochre. Bridget Riley 72 ; on reverse also with size & reference number R1139.

GAC number

10019