This website presents paintings by Edwin G Lucas, a Scottish artist who lived from 1911 to 1990. His paintings are Modernist in style and many feature Surrealist elements developed during the 1930s.
The site contains Edwin's Biography, Galleries of digital images, information about Exhibitions of the paintings, Publications about Edwin and his paintings, and links to Press articles and other news items. Please get in Contact if you would like more information.
The site contains Edwin's Biography, Galleries of digital images, information about Exhibitions of the paintings, Publications about Edwin and his paintings, and links to Press articles and other news items. Please get in Contact if you would like more information.
Picture of the Month - Abstract Lifeforms with Frog, circa 1952
There was a trend towards a greater degree of abstraction in some of Edwin's paintings during the early 1950s. One such work was 'Abstract Lifeforms with Frog'. It is undated but probably painted around the time he married in 1952 and started a family in 1953. Here's how Helen Scott describes it in her book 'Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eye':
"Several of Lucas’s mature works address themes of the natural world, with realistic and abstract elements incorporated side-by-side. In this example, the non-representational aspects of the image are balanced by the stylised plant forms and rather comical blue-eyed frog."
"Several of Lucas’s mature works address themes of the natural world, with realistic and abstract elements incorporated side-by-side. In this example, the non-representational aspects of the image are balanced by the stylised plant forms and rather comical blue-eyed frog."
Abstract Lifeforms with Frog, circa 1952, Oil on Canvas, 62cm x 75cm