Mother and Child

Mother and Child

Peter De FranciaWW-1953-227339

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Year
1953
Dimensions
image: 772 x 573 mm
Collection
Tate

Artist

Peter De Francia
Peter De Francia

Painting

Peter De Francia was a British painter and printmaker whose work engaged with social realism and abstraction in the postwar period. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a practice that moved between figuration and geometric abstraction, often incorporating themes of urban experience and labor. De Francia was active in British artistic circles during a period of significant modernist experimentation and social consciousness in visual culture.

Paris, France

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Prometheus Steals the Fire

Prometheus Steals the Fire

1982 · Graphite and ink on paper

WW-1982-220342
Illustration for Aimé Césaire's Diary of a Return to the Native Country

Illustration for Aimé Césaire's Diary of a Return to the Native Country

1978 · Charcoal on paper

WW-1978-M032837
Disparates (Omnia Vincit Amor)

Disparates (Omnia Vincit Amor)

1977 · Oil paint and charcoal on canvas

WW-1977-220339
Disparates (Romulus and Remus)

Disparates (Romulus and Remus)

1974 · Graphite and ink on paper

WW-1974-220341
Figures in a Farmyard

Figures in a Farmyard

1972 · Charcoal on paper

WW-1972-227338
The Disparates

The Disparates

1970 · Charcoal on paper

WW-1970-M032839

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Year
1953
Dimensions
image: 772 x 573 mm
Watts ID
WW-1953-227339

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Artist

Peter De Francia

Peter De Francia

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