Mother and child
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Authors
Celliers-Barnard, Bettie
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Department of UP Arts
Abstract
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The simplification of human figures into a decorative pattern as in this work
showing a mother and child, typified Bettie’s work of the mid-1950s. The process
of pictorial simplification is strengthened by the use of dark contour lines and
interlocking planes. Flat colour planes are articulated in such a manner that the
picture surface becomes a decorative abstracted representation. In a way this
approach reminds one of the simplified still-life works of Georges Braque.
Keywords
Mother, Child, Oil