FAMAG 2008.33


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This moulding is a contemporary version of the traditional 'Salvator Rosa' frame, with a hollow-section leading the eye into the picture.

About this work


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Strang, Michael J. (born 1942): Cherry blossom with bees, signed and dated 1991, oil on hardboard, 41 x 51 cms. Purchased with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the Darwin 200 celebrations.


More information about the frame

The first recorded 'white' frames appeared around paintings by Degas and Pissarro in the third Impressionist Group show of 1877.