The Glassblower

© transferred to MCGs from the War Artists Advisory Committee, Ministry of Information (1947). Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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The stylised, attenuated figure of a glass blower with a blowing iron and gather of white molten glass on it. He stands twisting the iron in both hands to shape the glass, with light from the unseen furnace and white-hot glass lighting his face. In the background to the left and right there are two more glassblowers. The figure to the left is forming a complicated shape by rolling the iron, whilst the figure on the right blows down the rod to create a bubble of glass.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

The Glassblower

Date

1944

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 205.4 x W 118 cm

Accession number

1947.390

Acquisition method

gift from HM Government, War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed blc : Peake / 1944 artist's inscription on reverse of canvas : Peake / unfinished

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