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On the Ramblas

Artist: Michie, David Alan Redpath, Professor, OBE RSA RGI FRSA(Scot) · 1928-2015

Painting was inspired by the artist's visit to Barcelona. and by the famous street "Las Ramblas" In a letter to the RSA dated 2003-04-19 the artist provides the following commentary on the painting "I visited Barcelona in 1970 and the/ painting derives from impressions gained in/ the Ramblas at that time.The Street was/ a cacophany of sights and sounds, such a/ clatter of images. There were flowerstalls/ birdcages, kiosks selling hot chocolate and/ ice creams, young women were striding out immpressively, old men were walking slowly in/ thick carpet slippers clutching newspapers/ There was a strongly patterned paving on the ground/ The girl in my painting is oblivious to all/ this and the baby she is clearly in charge of/ she has no eyes to see but concentrates only/ on the ice cream she is holding." (See hanging file "Articles on Painters" for letter)

Object data

Date	1976
Accession	1994.175
Type	Painting
Materials	Support canvas Medium Paint, oil
Dimensions	Support 101.5cm x 126.4cm Sight 100.5cm x 126cm Frame 108.3cm x 133.8cm
Acquisition	Deposit, RSA Diploma Collection Michie, David Alan Redpath, Professor, OBE RSA (January 5th, 1977)