Download PDF: SJ Peploe - The Scottish Gallery

Le Jardin, c.1910Signed lower leftOil on panel, 35.5 x 25 cmsExhibited: The Scottish Colourists in Paris, Galerie Francis Barlier,Paris, 2003Provenance: Private CollectionLiving in a small studio apartment at 278 Ble. Raspail withMargaret and new baby (Willy, having been born in Royan inAugust), the Luxembourg Gardens was the artist’s nearest parkand he completed many brilliant, Impressionist, small panelsincluding the statuary, Palace, and trees. In this painting Peploeuses the primed white board as the dominant component of hiscomposition as the sunlight coming through the trees seems todissolve the form of the urn. As with his drawings Peploe canpaint with remarkable economy but still suggest a complete andsatisfying subject.26