Φ Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979)

Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979)
Still Life with Flowers
Stamped twice with the studio stamp (to the reverse)
Oil on canvas
66.2 x 56.8cm

Provenance:
Purchased from the artist's studio by the previous private collector;
And by family descent

Ivon Hitchens once said 'I love flowers. I love flowers for painting...One can read into a good flower picture the same problems that one faces with a landscape, near and far, meanings and movements of shapes and brush strokes. You keep playing with the object' (Alan Bowness (ed.), Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, London 1973, p.13.). Flower paintings perfectly showcase Hitchen's skill, as they combine strong vibrant colours with deliberate and unified compositions, executed in his unmistakable bravura technique.