Dimensions: support: 298 x 479 mm frame: 414 x 595 x 41 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: What a melancholic stillness. The girl almost blends into the landscape, doesn't she? Editor: Indeed. Here we have George Price Boyce's watercolor, "A Girl by a Beech Tree in a Landscape," currently held in the Tate Collections. The absence of a specific date invites us to consider its timeless qualities. Curator: The beech tree dominates, a silent guardian. The girl, though, seems almost resigned, her face obscured in shadow. It makes me wonder about her story, her place in this vast scene. Editor: Boyce was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, who often explored themes of beauty, nature, and social commentary. Perhaps this young woman embodies the complexities of rural life, the weight of expectations in a patriarchal society. Curator: Or, perhaps, it’s just a quiet moment, a young girl lost in thought beneath a magnificent tree. I do enjoy art that makes you pause and fill in the gaps. Editor: Absolutely. It’s in those gaps that we find the space for dialogue, for questioning, and for connecting with the artwork on a deeper level. Curator: Precisely. It's a reminder that even in stillness, stories unfold.
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Boyce was originally an architect but took up painting after meeting David Cox in 1849. Subsequently he became a friend of Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites and, from 1860, of Whistler. He painted mainly in watercolour, this work being one of his rare landscapes in oil. The exact location has not been established but Boyce is known to have visited Haywards Heath and Petworth in 1857, the year he painted the picture. The following year he exhibited two Surrey subjects but their titles do not seem appropriate to this work. Gallery label, September 2004
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