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Doorway - Trevelez

Artist: Rae, Barbara, OBE RA RSA · b. 1943

Doorway - Trevelez

Barbara Rae travelled to the Basque Country in 1990 and was inspired by the colours in the Sierra Nevada.This painting is one of a number of paintings…

Barbara Rae travelled to the Basque Country in 1990 and was inspired by the colours in the Sierra Nevada.This painting is one of a number of paintings inspired by Spain that Barbara Rae produced in 1992. The RSA also has in its collection a work entitled "Christmas - Ronda '92" that is similar in style to "Doorway - Trevelez". The artist has confirmed that the Diploma Work and related studies "were done as a/ result of a two month stay in/ the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The region is/ known as the Alpuhamas. I stayed in a village called Capileira/ and travelled around this area/ making drawings." (See letter from the artist dated 2003-10-12 in hanging file "Articles on Painters") The artist made a number of studies of a ruined house near Trevelez for the Diploma Work. There are four slides of these (Hanging File "Non - Collection) and one colour photocopy from a sketchbook (Hanging file "Collections: Easel Paintings")

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