La Danse du Village
Artist: Mackie, Charles Hodge, RSA · 1862-1920
An identically titled piece was also exhibited at the RGI in 1915, catalogue number 316, priced at £105 this may have been the same painting as the Diploma Work which was exhibited at the RSA in 1914. Painting depicts an open air nocturnal village fete with dancing, from the title it would appear that the scene is set somewhere in France, most probably somewhere in Picardy where Mackie had a studio near Etaples, between 1904 and 1909. The female figure leaning against the tree in the foreground, right appears to be wearing a traditional white Breton/ Normandy bonnet. Anne Mackie refers to the painting as 'La Ducasse' (see title field) and in an 1888 publication by Andre Theuriet 'La Vie Rustique' 'La ducasse' is the name for the regional annual fete for the North of France - see page 257-8 of Chapter II 'fete patronale qui ne se celebre qu'une fois l'an.....connue sous un nom special: - c'est la ducasse dans le Nord..."
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Object data
Date c.1914 Accession 1997.143 Materials Support canvas Dimensions Support
61.9cm x 111.3cm
Sight
78.3cm x 108.4cm
Frame
113.6cm x 144.2cmMedium Paint, oil -
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