Decoration Jellett

The cutting edge of abstract art and deeply religious principles.

Decoration jellett. In particular a reckoning with irish catholicism. Jellett mainie 1897 1944 artist was born mary harriet jellett on 29 april 1897 into a protestant family at 37 fitzwilliam square dublin the eldest of four daughters of william morgan jellett a barrister and janet jellett née stokes. When shown with a similarly abstract painting at the society of dublin painters group show in 1923 decoration caused a furore. Decoration now holds a place of honor at the national gallery of ireland and her career was just beginning to blossom.

Work of the day. That these references were lost. Decoration is a cubist tempera and wood painting created by mainie jellett in 1923. Just four yeats later the irish times changed its tune heralding jellett as the.

Decoration is in fact a religious painting. It lives at the national gallery of ireland in ireland. Mainie jellett s decoration 1923 mainie jellett 1897 1944 trained in dublin and london before moving to paris in 1920. The reviewer from the irish times wrote of jellett s work in the exhibition they are all squares cubes odd shapes and clashing colours.

Especially in her pieces from the 1920s her compositions are. The expression of spirituality through art was a vital aspect of jellett s modernist mission and decoration draws on traditional images of the madonna and child. We can provide a service from start to finish including concept drawings planning and building reg application construction finishes decoration and after care. Here at jellett construct we pride ourselves on being an all in one solution for your building needs.

As in decoration much of jellett s work harmonizes two seemingly incongruous features. The image is in the public domain and tagged abstract art and geometric art. She was strong promoter and defender of modern art in her country her artworks are present in museums in ireland. The expression of spirituality through art was a vital aspect of jellett s modernist mission and decoration draws on traditional images of the madonna and child.

There with evie hone she studied under andré lhote an advocate of cézanne s analytical approach to painting and albert gleizes an established cubist artist. Of course with the gift of hindsight its clear that mainie jellett touched a critical nerve precicely because her artwork is so successful.