Absent Artists
CHARLESTON 2022
Curated by Langlands & Bell, the exhibition Absent Artists (Charleston, Firle, 2 April – 29 August 2022) featured depictions of studios in which the artists are conspicuously absent. Drawing primarily from the Katrin Bellinger Collection, the diverse display, illustrated here through a selection of representative works, included pieces by Jim Dine, James Ensor, Leonora Hamill and David Hockney amongst others.
Ever since the inception of the Artist at Work collection, the theme of the absent artist (or empty studio) has been a topic of fascination for Katrin Bellinger. See more related works on our website under the theme Artists’ tools.
Walter Gay, Hingham (MA) 1856 - 1937 Paris
Studio of the sculptor, Jean-Louis Grégoire , 1888
Oil on panel, 405 x 270 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2011-002
Adrain de Braekeleer, Antwerp 1818 - 1904 Borgerhout
An artist's studio
Oil on canvas, 525 x 655 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2007-016
Anonymous, German School
Studio study, c. 1870
Oil on canvas on cardboard , 320 x 168 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2020-169
Walter J. Sherwood, New York 1865–1951 New York
THE STUDIO OF HENRI DORÉ IN THE CHEAPSIDE BUILDING, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, c. 1927
Oil on canvas, 362 x 428 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2010-022
Leonora Hamill, Paris 1978
SCULPTURE I TÉTOUAN, 2011
Analogue C-type print, 770 x 980 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2013-005
David Hockney, Bradford 1937
Two Lemons and four Limes, 1971
C-type colour photograph, 180 x 230 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2018-037
Jim Dine, Cincinnati 1935
COLORS NO. 2 (paintBOX), 1961
Watercolour and graphite, 340 x 245 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2015-024
Walter Gay, Hingham (MA) 1856 - 1937 Paris
THE ARTIST'S WATERCOLOUR TABLE AT THE CHÂTEAU DU BRÉAU, c. 1905
Watercolour, 270 x 370 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2011-029
Adolph von Menzel, Breslau 1815 - 1905 Berlin
Study of paintbrushes
Zimmermann lead, grey-brown wash, watercolour, 63 x 100 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 1993-031
John Sergeant, London 1937 - 2007 Powys
Corner of a studio, 1991
Watercolour and gouache over pencil, 459 x 634 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 1994-023
Edward Seago RBS RWS, Norwich 1910 - 1974 London
Still life with the artist's materials, 1951
Oil on artist's board, 600 x 425 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2021-081
William Wright, Nottingham 1971
BRUSHES, 2020
Charcoal and pastel, 368 x 279 mm Katrin Bellinger Collection, inv. no. 2020-170