Vanessa Bell,
Retrato de Mary St John Hutchinson, ca. 1915, óleo sobre tela, 74 x 58 cm.
Colección particular
This portrait
shows the short-story writer Mary Hutchinson. She was the mistress of Bell’s
husband Clive, a fact of which Bell was aware. This may account for the
unflattering nature of the portrait. When it was exhibited, to the sitter’s
consternation, Vanessa Bell wrote ‘It’s perfectly hideous...and yet quite
recognisable’.
The dazzling
colours are reminiscent of work by Matisse – an artist Bell revered – and the
French ‘Fauve’ painters.
(folleto de la Galería Tate, Febrero
de 2010)
