Theodore Major 1908-1999

Family Group 2

Oil on Board
37 x 30 ins (93.98 x 76.20 cms)
Signed and titled on reverse

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Provenance

The Major Estate
Clark Art Ltd
Private Collection

Exhibition History

Theodore Major - An Exhibition of Selected Paintings, Clark Art Ltd, 15th-31st March 2007

Literature

Catalogue for Theodore Major - An Exhibition of Selected Paintings, Clark Art Ltd, 15th-31st March 2007. Illustrated Page 14.

General Notes

Family Group 2 is a very clever and complex painting. At first glance it appears to be a gruesome, slightly disturbing work. But on closer inspection you can see that Theodore Major uses four skeletons as symbols of the whole of the human condition. Love, partnership, parenthood, childhood and death are all represented by the skeletons in this painting. There is a tenderness between the 2 main skeletons, the one on the right is Theo himself and the one on the left is his wife Kathleen.