Untitled portrait
Date made: 1940
Artist: Dachinger, Hugo
Description: Portrait painted by artist Hugo Dachinger whilst interned at Mooragh Internment Camp in Ramsey, 1940. The artist has painted on a sheet of newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph & Morning Post', dated Friday 27th September 1940. It shows a clean shaven young man looking to his left with strong blue eyes. He wears a blue top under a brown jacket. We believe it is probably a fellow internee.
We do not know whether Dachinger chose to paint on newspaper as this was all he had access to, or whether it was a deliberate artistic decision. Painting on found materials and newspaper had become popular with artists in the early twentieth century, beginning with the Cubist movement.
Measurements: overall: 61 x 44 cm
Materials: Watercolour on paper
Object name: painting
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 2002-0146
Subject tags : #ArtGallery
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