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Doris ZinkeisenThe Rehearsal1960
1960
$32,153.31
£23,572
€27,379.67
CA$44,299.22
A$48,314.53
CHF 25,593.78
MX$579,222.56
NOK 325,950.95
SEK 298,057.95
DKK 204,552.92
About the Item
Doris Clare Zinkeisen
The Rehearsal
1898-1991
Oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled and dated 'March 1960' verso
Image size: 24 2/3 x 29 2/3 inches (62.5 x 75.3 cm)
Provenance
The Fine Arts Society
This dramatic painting depicts ballet dancers performing, from the perspective of someone standing backstage. The subject matter and unique perspective is likely taken from Zinkeisen’s time as a set and costume designer, as this would have been a view that she was all too familiar with. The lighting is arguably the most masterful element of this painting - the dramatic stage lights cast the ballet dancers in extreme brightness and darkness. The lights cause the dresses to shine a brilliant white, whilst the shadows render the forms of the dancers vaguely visible under their skirts, suggesting the translucency of the dress fabric. The defined beams of light also illuminate a muted but sumptuous theatre setting, but ensure that the spotlight - to pardon the pun - remains firmly on the beautiful, poised ballet dancers.
Doris Clare Zinkeisen
Doris Zinkeisen was a British painter, stage-set and costume designer, writer and equestrian champion. She was a familiar figure in the artistic world from the 1920s onwards. Her realist style led to her success as a painter of society portraits, horse paintings, and murals for the RMS Queen Mary (1935) and RMS Queen Elizabeth (1940). She also produced posters for several railway companies. She is perhaps best known for her numerous stage designs that she produced during the 1920s and the 1930s. During the Second World War, she worked for the St John Ambulance Brigade, and as a war artist made drawings of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after its liberation, which are held in the Imperial War Museum.
- Creator:Doris Zinkeisen (1898 - 1991, British)
- Creation Year:1960
- Dimensions:Height: 24.61 in (62.51 cm)Width: 29.65 in (75.32 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU52416941972
Doris Zinkeisen
Born in Clynder House in Rosneath, Argyll, Scotland, Zinkeisen attended the Harrow School of Art for four years. During the 1920s and ’30s, she shared a studio with her sister in London, where she started her career as a commercial artist, theatrical designer, and painter. During World War II, she joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade and worked as a nurse in London. Following the liberation of Europe in 1945, she was commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee. After the war she continued to work in London, producing theatrical designs and occasionally exhibiting her paintings.
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