92.07 Rachel

English

‘Rachel’ (92.07)  Framed.  36 cm high by 30 cm wide. Catalogue numbers 90.06/7/8    (Locations 92.06, 9207 Price Room, 92.08 Main Staircase.

Oil paintings on board by Michael Sofroniou (b. 1957)

These three paintings by Michael Sofroniou of his wife Rachel date from the same period as the two landscapes (91.02 and 93.07) already reported on, and we bought them from the artist in 1992. I have a note from him about his work: - “My work is usually based on direct observation. I either work immediately in front of a subject or work from drawings and studies done on the spot. Colour, shape and pattern arise as a visual interpretation of the subject. A painting may be worked or re-worked to incorporate changes of mood, light and atmosphere until the piece takes on its own life, or it may be produced in a single session as an immediate response to a moment in time.”

Spanish

Retratos de Rachel (Ubicaciones 92.06 y 92.07 Price Room, 92.08 Escalera principal)

"Rachel" (92.07). Enmarcado. Mide 36 cm de alto por 30 cm de ancho.

Una escultura hecha de alabastro, titulada simplemente "Forma", de Alma Ramsey-Hosking en 1990. Mide 66 cm de alto por 33 cm de ancho.
La escultora Alma Hosking se formó con Henry Moore en el Royal College of Art a fines de la década de 1920 y admiró toda su vida a Constantin Brancusi. Se casó con Hugh Richard (Dick) Hosking, que fue el respetado Director de la Escuela de Arte de Coventry desde 1947 hasta 1962, y vivían en Warwick en una gran casa victoriana en Emscote Road. Eran amigos nuestros. Alma es probablemente más conocida por un encargo que recibió en 1962 de Sir Basil Spence, el arquitecto, para la nueva Catedral de Coventry, por lo que se conoce como la Cuna de”.