Terms and conditions of use
Flower market
1907
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
26.4 × 35.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the late Major B. R. F. MacNay, and Mrs D. MacNay, Fellow, 1994
Gallery location
Gallery 7
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Scenes of recreation and leisure were a recurring focus for Ethel Carrick, with the artist often depicting fashionably dressed people promenading in gardens or shopping at French markets. Here the artist’s stylised portrayal of bouquets captures the tranquillity and beauty of the French flower market. Carrick’s distinctive luminous palette was developed during her studies at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, when she looked to Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet for inspiration. The work has visual parallels with paintings produced by Carrick’s husband, fellow artist E. Phillips Fox, who was working on similar scenes of fashionable leisure around this time and who also employed a strikingly lucent palette.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in purple paint l.l.: CARRICK 07.
Accession Number
A9-1994
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Human Figures Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
flowers (plant components) marketplaces markets (events) street scenes tertiary colours women (female humans)