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John Tunnard

Power House
1947
Tempera and mixed media on board
22 x 14¼ ins (55.6 x 36.1 cms)

signed and dated 1947

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A. Peat and B. Whitton, John Tunnard, His Life and Work, Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1997, p. 179, no. 549.

Originally named Fire House by Tunnard, but apparently changed to Power House with his agreement, this painting was created during his years as a coast guard (in WWII) when he was spending most days looking out to sea.

Metamorphosing elements taken from the real world into a fantasy landscape and superimposing these representational forms one on top of another in transparent layers this painting moves between the two predominant Movements of the time, Surrealism and Constructavism.

Exhibited:

London, London Group, 1948, No.107

London, LeFevre, Modern British Painting, August - September 1948

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