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Atalanta - John William Godward - Oil Painting Wall Decor is part of our hand painted oil painting collection from the John William Godward Paintings selection. Each canvas is worked by a trained artist, then inspected before dispatch — a practical route to owning traditional wall decor at a fraction of gallery pricing.
1910
Oil on canvas
Carina was painted during Godward's brief stay in Rome in 1910, when he was making plans to move more permanently to Italy. According to a letter in the Milo-Turner collection, Carina was completed before December 1910 when the artist was at work upon the larger Noonday Rest.
Carina is a fine example of the bust length portrait heads in which Godward's superior rendering of warm skin tones, cool marble and diaphanous fabric, are expressed in their most condensed and abstract form. Unlike Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, Frederic, Lord Leighton and Edward Poynter, whose half-length depictions of Grecian ladies, almost always portray historical or mythological heroines, Godward's pictures are less formal and represent a type of feminine beauty rather than a specific identity. The choice of title, derived from the name of the Classical virgin of the ancient kingdom of Caria in western Asia Minor, is merely a reflective glance to the austerity of Antiquity. The name Carina suggests the purity of devotional virginity, but also the humid sensuality of the exotic East. However, this is secondary to the decorative harmonies of flower-tinted colour and graceful sensual form. Godward's aims were to paint a more aesthetic form of Classicism, free of narrative and action and concentrated upon the beauty of form and colour. Of the small number of painters who continued to paint loosely classical subjects into the twentieth century, Godward was arguably the most successful and accomplished.
Our artists reproduce this fine art composition in oil on canvas by hand, preserving the tonal range that makes fine art oil painting so sought after for a bedroom.
Oil on canvas remains the reference standard for traditional reproductions. Our artists apply pigment by hand, blending the fine art tones directly on the surface for depth that a printed fine art oil painting simply cannot match.
traditional canvas wall art is one of the easiest ways to warm a bedroom. Pair this piece with natural linen, dark wood, or brushed brass, and let the hand painted surface do the rest.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $98.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $153.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $197.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $261.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $506.48 |
The sizes shown are the reproduction canvas sizes we paint to order. The dimensions given in a work's description refer to the original artwork and will differ from the sizes offered here. Not sure? Read the size guide or e-mail us.
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Every canvas is painted by hand in oils on artist-grade stretched canvas, with an extra blank border left for framing. How to care for your painting.
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