Spring, Ruby Bay

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Title

Spring, Ruby Bay

Content partner

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Collection

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Description

oil on cardboard 680 x 459 mm - Spring Ruby Bay 1945 (l.l.) This painting, with its exuberant colour and interlocking shapes, is one of McCahon's most Cezanne-like paintings. It also marks the end of a period when he was creating pure landscapes. The high colour key and aerial perspective render the place as being filled with light and growth. A...

Format

Image

Date created

1945

Creator

Colin McCahon

URL

https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/6622

Related subjects

bays (bodies of water) / seas / coastlines / trees / hills / bush / Spring / Painting

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