TONY DE WOLF
A Pair Oil on board 6 x 12 inches
Tony de wolf
3 Seymour Place,
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.
Marylebone, London, W1H 5AZ Tel: +44 (0)207 935 3595 Email: enquiries@thompsonsgallery.co.uk www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk Monday to Friday: 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday: 10:30 - 17:30
12th - 28th October 2017 Open Day - Wednesday 11th October, until 7pm Please direct all enquiries and RSVP’s to enquiries@thompsonsgallery.co.uk All paintings are for sale upon receipt of this catalogue To view the entire exhibition visit our website, www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk
Thompson’s Gallery are pleased to present the latest paintings of renowned still life artist Tony de Wolf. Bursting with colour and brilliantly sharp in detail, de Wolf’s compositions are the result of tempered patience and unparalleled passion for his craft. This new body of work delivers de Wolf’s signature balance of high definition and harmonious arrangement. Since his tutelage under Willem Dolphyn at Antwerp’s Academy of Fine Arts, Tony de Wolf has enjoyed an illustrious career. Residing in Belgium, the artist devotes himself to a practice entrenched in the rich tradition of 17thCentury Flemish painting. Infusing the legacy of the Dutch Masters with his own modern approach, de Wolf plays with perspective, composition, and content to deliver fresh and visually delighting still life works. This new solo show sees de Wolf introduce unconventional dashes into the traditional elements of still life settings, such as coloured glass in ranging opacity and texture, high-shine chrome vessels and surfaces, and uniquely angled vantage points from which viewers experience the arrangement before them. These new paintings read as incredibly current, with conscious allusions to a newly photograph-saturated culinary culture fixated on highsheen surfaces and succulent subject matter. Join us as we present these new classics in our London gallery, in celebration of de Wolf’s union between old and new.
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Apples and Green Glass Oil on board 24 x 28 inches
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Kitchen Table Oil on board 20 x 28 inches
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Black Earthenware, Silver and Sharon Fruit Oil on board 20 x 24 inches
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Blue Ginger Jars, White and Silver Bowl
Oil on board 20 x 28 inches
(Left) French Earthenware, Wine Decanter, Belgian Blue Plums
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Oil on board 24 x 32 inches
Plums and Grapes in Chinese Bowl Oil on board 12 x 16 inches
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Mandarins in Blue Bowl and Silver Jug Oil on board 12 x 16 inches
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Roman Glass and Silver Cup
Oil on board 20 x 24 inches
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Roman Glass and Silver Beaker Oil on board 20 x 24 inches
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Blueberries
Oil on board 10 x 12 inches
(Right) Something Old Something New
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Oil on board 24 x 28 inches
Mirabelle Plums on a Tin Dish, White Stoneware Jug
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Oil on board 20 x 28 inches
Blue Glass German Goblet, Silver Beaker and Mandarins on a Chinese Dish
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Oil on board 16 x 20 inches
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
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Oil on board 20 x 24 inches
Chinese Plate with Grapes, Silver Bowl and Wine Decanter
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Oil on board 20 x 24 inches
French Provence Pottery and Yellow Plums
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Oil on board 16 x 20 inches
Napoleon Bigarreau Cherries in a White Bowl
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Oil on board 20 x 16 inches
Three Pears
Oil on board 10 x 16 inches
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Four Apples Oil on board 10 x 16 inches
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(Cover image) Wine Decanter, Silver Grapes, Pears and Blue Goblet Oil on board 24 x 28 inches
3 Seymour Place, Marylebone, London, W1H 5AZ Tel: +44 (0)207 935 3595 Email: enquiries@thompsonsgallery.co.uk 175 High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5AN Tel: +44 (0)1728 453 743 Email: john@thompsonsgallery.co.uk www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk