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