Juan Les Pins (c.1927), Private Collection. Ink and pastel on paper, 30 x 40 cms.
Hunter spent time exploring the French riviera from 1927-29 painting landscapes and beach and city scenes. This drawing shows the beach at the fashionable resort of Juan-les-Pins, near Nice. The area was particularly popular with artists, Picasso regularly holidayed there in the 1920s. Hunter has successfully captured the ambience of a fine day on the beach in this vibrant, impulsive sketch. His use of brightly-coloured crayons suggests bright afternoon light as well as imparting a child-like sense of joy to the scene. Hunter made hundreds of quick sketches like this during his stay in France, using them as a way to record his immediate impressions of light and colour presumably often worked up into fuller oil paintings.
Kitchen Table with Spring Flowers, Private Collection. Oil on panel, 23 x 33 cms.
Still Life, Private Collection. Oil on board, 53.5 x 62.5 cms.
Juan Les Pins (c.1927), Private Collection. Ink and pastel on paper, 30 x 40 cms.
Hunter spent time exploring the French riviera from 1927-29 painting landscapes and beach and city scenes. This drawing shows the beach at the fashionable resort of Juan-les-Pins, near Nice. The area was particularly popular with artists, Picasso regularly holidayed there in the 1920s. Hunter has successfully captured the ambience of a fine day on the beach in this vibrant, impulsive sketch. His use of brightly-coloured crayons suggests bright afternoon light as well as imparting a child-like sense of joy to the scene. Hunter made hundreds of quick sketches like this during his stay in France, using them as a way to record his immediate impressions of light and colour presumably often worked up into fuller oil paintings.
Kitchen Table with Spring Flowers, Private Collection. Oil on panel, 23 x 33 cms.
Still Life, Private Collection. Oil on board, 53.5 x 62.5 cms.