Robert Bevan

The Cab Horse

c.1910

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In Tate Britain

Walk Through British Art: 1900

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Artist: Robert Bevan 1865–1925
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: Support: 635 × 762 mm
frame: 778 × 906 × 85 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by the Trustees of the Duveen Paintings Fund 1949
Reference: N05911

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This picture shows a horse having a blanket put over its back, between the shafts of a horse-drawn carriage, known as a hansom cab. Bevan uses an ‘anti-realist’ palette – the horse is violet-blue – which was much remarked upon by critics. The use of vivid colour to suggest mood, atmosphere or emotion was characteristic of the post-impressionist painting of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) and many of the Camden Town painters. It was one of Bevan’s four contributions to the first Camden Town Exhibition.

Gallery label, October 2020

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