Cap d'Ail, 1921. A woman reads on a terrace. The Mediterranean is doing everything it can to distract her.
The Terrace, Cap d'Ail belongs to the years after the war when Lavery returned again and again to the Côte d'Azur, drawn by the light and the particular quality of stillness the south of France could offer. A woman sits absorbed in her book, surrounded by the impossible blues of the Riviera, the light warm on her shoulders. She is completely content. The painting lets you stand beside her.
It is one of his most quietly perfect works.
Sir John Lavery (1856–1941) was born in Belfast, trained in Glasgow and Paris, and became one of the most celebrated painters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His work hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland, the Ulster Museum, the Tate, and major collections worldwide.
About this work
The Terrace, Cap d'Ail is by the Irish artist Sir John Lavery (1856–1941), who was born in Belfast. A woman sits reading on a terrace above the Mediterranean at Cap d'Ail on the French Riviera, the light warm on her shoulders. It is usually dated 1921, when Lavery was working on the Riviera, though no museum or auction record has been traced to confirm the date, and the painting is not in a public collection. This print is an open edition, made to order and shipped worldwide.
Sizes & Format
40 × 50 cm / 16 × 20″
Available framed (black, white, wood) or unframed
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Hangs well with
One light, three coasts — Tangier from the hill-top house he bought in 1903, the Riviera from 1921, and the same unhurried hour of the day.
