10 December 2017

David Jagger. The Jade Necklace - the Artist’s Wife, 1923 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 91.5 x 63.5 cm. Auctioned at Bonhams London, November 2017. Following their marriage in 1921, Jagger produced several exhibition canvases of his wife Katherine 'Kitty' Jagger (1900-1982). Throughout the decade she was sketched and painted by various other artists. Her photogenic beauty led to many images of her appearing in society magazines. Other portrait: here.

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8 December 2017

Christian Rex van Minnen. You sharpen my Knife - I’ll sharpen yours, 2015 (private collection).


Oil on panel: 61 x 45.7 cm. Christian Rex van Minnen (2017): “I think it has a lot to do with intimacy with the material, just being present with it and enjoying that kind of back-and-forth, and watching what's happening in the present moment; not necessarily forcing it as a means to an end. I enjoy that. Fundamentally, I just enjoy seeing what's happening with the paint and following it, testing the limitations. I just have a love and a respect for the materiality and seeing what it can do, walking that fine line between celebrating material”.

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