SERENA

© The Artist's Estate

SERENA 1946

Geoffery Tibble (1909 – 1952)

Details

Dimension
76.2 X 63.5 CM
Media
OIL ON CANVAS
Accession number
P8

Summary

This painting was purchased from Tibble’s solo exhibiton at Arthur Tooth’s in 1946. Tibble’s portraits were rarely precise; the sitter here is most likely his wife whose Anglo-Indian ancestry gave her distinctive looks.

Glossary

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.