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Cyril Mann: The Girl in the Green Jumper: 129 Portland Road, W11

Past exhibition
12 April - 31 May 2022 Piano Nobile
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Cyril Mann: The Girl in the Green Jumper, 129 Portland Road, W11

When the painter Cyril Mann met his wife-to-be Renske van Slooten in 1959, a significant new chapter in his career began. A bright-eyed art student newly arrived in London from Dutch Indonesia, she inspired a decade of vivid, light-infused paintings. Mann's subjects of the period include his young bride (clothed and unclothed), himself and a host of still lifes, all painted in an original neo-Turneresque style. To celebrate the publication of Renske's memoir, The Girl in the Green Jumper, Piano Nobile has brought together a significant group of Cyril Mann's paintings made between 1960 and 1967.

 

Cyril Mann's artistic heroes were Michelangelo, Turner and Cézanne. Working in post-war London, he combined these influences and walked a singular path of stylistic invention, always painting from life and consistently renewing his approach. The Girl in the Green Jumper: My Life With the Artist Cyril Mann chronicles the highs and lows of Mann's career, as well as describing his wife's role as muse, model and money earner. The book includes an introduction by the art critic Mark Hudson.

Piano Nobile represents the Estate of Cyril Mann.

 

For further information of available works and press enquiries please contact the Gallery.

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Works
  • Cyril Mann, Renske, 1963
    Cyril Mann, Renske, 1963
  • Cyril Mann, Reclining Nude I, 1963
    Cyril Mann, Reclining Nude I, 1963
  • Cyril Mann, Studio Corner, 1961
    Cyril Mann, Studio Corner, 1961
  • Cyril Mann, Self-Portrait with Palette and Brush, 1962
    Cyril Mann, Self-Portrait with Palette and Brush, 1962
  • Cyril Mann, Reclining Nude II, 1963
    Cyril Mann, Reclining Nude II, 1963
  • Cyril Mann, Sunlit Roses in a Brass Jug, 1963
    Cyril Mann, Sunlit Roses in a Brass Jug, 1963
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Publications
  • The Girl in the Green Jumper

    The Girl in the Green Jumper

    My Life with the Artist Cyril Mann Renske Mann, 2022 Hardback
    Publisher: Pimpernel Press
    Dimensions: 230 x 170mm
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