“Norah” by Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, R. A. (1844-1927)

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Norah

Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, R. A. (1844-1927)

Oil on canvas

12.25 x 10.25 inches

Provenance: The artist's Studio Sale, Christie's 24 June 1927;bought by Gooden and Fox for Sir Jeremiah Colman (1859-1942)

Courtesy of the Maas Gallery

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According to the Maas Gallery site, “Fildes was much in Venice. There he met Whistler, and then Sargent, who arrived later from Paris. Although the British contingent of artists working there were initially unimpressed with the Americans, Fildes spent some time with Sargent in his studio, and was soon captivated by his 'impressionist' style. As his son put it it in the artist’s biography, ‘he had abandoned himself to a new method, an experiment in pure colour and technique’ (LV Fildes, Luke Fildes..., 1968). “Along with The Green Shawl, Norah was one of ‘about 30 charming studies of women’ that were included in the artist’s 1927 studio sale (Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 25 June 1927). The sitter here is strikingly similar to the girl pictured in a study Fildes gave to Linley Sambourne in 1884, which is still in his house at 18 Stafford Terrace.”

Last modified 26 February 2018