Medium
oil on canvas on plywood
Measurements
70.9 × 91.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1942
© Public Domain
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.
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in blue paint l.l.: CARRICK
inscribed in yellow paint l.l.: FOX
Accession Number
1136-4
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
boats Dinard-Saint-Enogat (inhabited place) dresses (garments) France (nation) leisure parasols (costume accessories) pedestrians quays