1911
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Gallery of New South Wales
Dominant colour
Pan is dead (still life) is a 1911 oil by George Washington Lambert, a Impressionism work, depicting Glove, held at Art Gallery of New South Wales.
This painting shows a white bust of a man with a beard and curly hair. He's turned to the right, and his mouth is open. In front of him is a glass vase with white roses and green leaves. There's also a white cloth with a brown glove on it, and a white paper with some writing. The background is black. The bust looks like it's made of plaster or marble. The roses are fresh and the leaves are dark green. The cloth is crumpled up, and the glove is lying on top of it. The paper has some words written on it, but they're hard to read. This painting reminds me of the artist George Washington Lambert.
Pan Is Dead (Still Life) is a 1911 still life painting by Australian artist George Washington Lambert. The painting depicts "a sculpted head of Pan beside white gloves and a glass vase filled with white roses". Lambert created the bust of Pan as part of a costume for a character he played in a tableau vivant, The awakening of Pan, created in 1909 by the wife of the artist Philip Connard. Lambert constructed a conceit in which he played upon the difference between how things appear on the surface of the canvas and how they are in reality. He abrogated the difference between the solid bust of…
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George Washington Thomas Lambert (13 September 1873 – 29 May 1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and for being a war artist during the First World War.
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