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Woman Writing Signs with Waterfall, by Ken Kiff, 1999

Woman Writing Signs with Waterfall

Ken Kiff

1999

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Woman Writing Signs with Waterfall is a 1999 by Ken Kiff, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Ken Kiff
When & what style?
1999
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print is called Woman Writing Signs with Waterfall. It's a work by Ken Kiff, an English artist. Ken Kiff was known for his paintings with heightened color and dream-like scenes. His work often featured simple landscapes with figures and unusual scale differences between elements. To learn more about the techniques used in prints like this, look up the technique of sfumato.

The story of this work

Overview

A trial proof print on paper by Ken Kiff features an open book at the center, where a profile figure appears to draw from above, partially overlapped by a spray of flowers. To the right in shadow, another figure observes the scene, while a candle and a snake are positioned below to the left.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Ken Kiff

Ken Kiff, was an English figurative artist, who was born in Dagenham and trained at Hornsey School of Art 1955-61.

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