Abstract (1930) belongs to the core of Jellett's non-representational work, built from interlocking arcs and planes of colour that turn around a central point in the manner she developed with Albert Gleizes in Paris. Rhythm and the controlled rotation of forms give the composition its depth and movement.
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) was a pioneer of Irish modernism. After studying in London and then in Paris under André Lhote and Albert Gleizes, she introduced Cubism and pure abstraction to Ireland, exhibited some of the first abstract paintings seen in the country, and helped found the Irish Exhibition of Living Art.
About this work
Abstract is by the Irish artist Mainie Jellett (1897–1944) and is dated 1930. It is wholly non-representational — interlocking arcs and planes of colour turning about a central point, built by the method of translation and rotation she learned in Paris from Albert Gleizes, who had never taken pupils before her and Evie Hone. Jellett showed the first abstract paintings seen in Ireland, in Dublin in 1923. This canvas print is an open edition, made to order and shipped worldwide.
Sizes & Format
30x60 cm / 12x24″
Canvas Details
Printed on artist-grade canvas and stretched on a slim wooden frame - arrives ready to hang.
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Hangs well with
Gleizes taught Jellett a procedure rather than a style: translate a shape, rotate it, repeat. Each of these is that procedure run again.
