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Artworks
William Gillies RSA
Portrait of Jenny, c.1933-34Oil on canvas115 x 90 cm (sight)
135 x 110 cm (frame)This is the artist’s elder sister Janet, or Jenny. She looks very different to two years earlier in Sisters Emma and Janet. Gillies has aged her with paint roughly applied...This is the artist’s elder sister Janet, or Jenny. She looks very different to two years earlier in Sisters Emma and Janet. Gillies has aged her with paint roughly applied by palette knife to an oversized face and hands.
Jenny has a saintly presence and the objects around her seem to float in her orbit. These objects are symbols that Gillies has used to suggest a story of family and religion.
