Douglas McLeod Artbite
Douglas McLeod Artbite
A short talk presented by artist, curator and critic Grant Banbury in which he discusses two works by Douglas McLeod. This talk was originally given on Friday 28 March 2020.
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Douglas J. McLeod Self Portrait
In this pair of uncompromisingly honest portraits the subjects’ expressions speak of unsentimental observation and patient self-scrutiny. We are given an unexpectedly intimate glimpse into the lives of Oamaru-born, Christchurch-based artist Douglas Jackson McLeod and his wife Fanny, as well as a moving depiction of a couple whose time together was sadly short.McLeod was a well-regarded commercial artist in the local advertising industry through the 1920s and 1930s, and also exhibited regularly with the Canterbury Society of Arts. He was married to Louisa Fanny Werren in 1945, the year before painting this portrait. Fanny, a shorthand-typist, died in Christchurch in 1948, after which time McLeod gave up painting altogether
(Persistent encounters, March 2020, exhibited alongside the artist's self portrait)
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Douglas J. McLeod Portrait Of The Artist’s Wife
In this pair of uncompromisingly honest portraits the subjects’ expressions speak of unsentimental observation and patient self-scrutiny. We are given an unexpectedly intimate glimpse into the lives of Oamaru-born, Christchurch-based artist Douglas Jackson McLeod and his wife Fanny, as well as a moving depiction of a couple whose time together was sadly short.McLeod was a well-regarded commercial artist in the local advertising industry through the 1920s and 1930s, and also exhibited regularly with the Canterbury Society of Arts. He was married to Louisa Fanny Werren in 1945, the year before painting this portrait. Fanny, a shorthand-typist, died in Christchurch in 1948, after which time McLeod gave up painting altogether
(Persistent encounters, March 2020, exhibited alongside the artist's self portrait)
