Martyr
- Artist:
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Production Date: 1966
- Description: Unlike most of his close contemporaries who were abstract artists, Philipson was never quite able to desert the motif in his work. Although this painting initially looks like a fully abstract canvas, divided into sections of pure colour, on closer inspection the figure of the martyr can be found in the dark grey panel towards the left of the canvas. Head bowed and body dejected, he seems no longer to be able to bear even his own weight. Despite the sombre subject matter, Philipson‘s rich, jewel-like colours still glow.
In common with Philipson‘s works of this period, this work appears to be about mourning and suffering, and this was indeed a time of deep sadness in the artist's life following the early death of his first wife in 1960. - Dimensions: 91.5 cm (H) x 137 cm (W)
- Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Store
- Related Material: AC/AF/P/7
- Related Material: AC/OF/1967/10
- Accession Number: 1967.10
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection