Materials & Techniques: oil paint / Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Genre: figure study

1. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 × 22 3/8 inches (64.1 × 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Study of a Nun

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board laid to panel
Dimensions:: 23 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (60.8 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Dreaming of Colours

Creator:: Tom Wood, born 1955
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 21 x 23 inches (53.3 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Partial Gift of Duncan Robinson
On View:: Not on view

4. Dreaming of Shapes

Creator:: Tom Wood, born 1955
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 21 x 23 1/2 inches (53.3 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Partial Gift of Duncan Robinson
On View:: Not on view

5. Unknown Boy

Creator:: Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687
Date:: ca. 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 81 1/2 x 48 3/4 inches (207 x 123.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Seated Figure

Creator:: Leon Kossoff, 1926–2019
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 24 × 12 inches (61 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Lent from a Private Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. John Phillippo Nighorus

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for “The Liboya Serpent Seizing His Prey”

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 x 47 inches (83.8 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Woman in Japanese Dress

Creator:: Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941
Date:: 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 × 8 3/8 inches (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. Nudes

Creator:: Anthony Fry, 1927–2016
Date:: ca. 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on concrete backed with plywood
Dimensions:: 36 7/8 x 40 7/8 inches (93.7 x 103.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
On View:: Not on view

11. Seated Figure II

Creator:: Frank Auerbach, 1931-2024
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 19 × 16 inches (48.3 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Lent from a Private Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Study of a Head

Creator:: Francis Bacon, 1909–1992
Date:: 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Beekman C. and Margaret H. Cannon
On View:: Not on view

13. Fidelma III

Creator:: Leon Kossoff, 1926–2019
Date:: 1979
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 24 × 12 inches (61 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Lent from a Private Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Studies of Royal Horse Artillery Uniform, and of an A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief: a study for 'The Battle of Waterloo'

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (29.8 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Gentleman with a Cannon

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 12 3/4 inches (45.7 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of John Davis Skilton, Jr.
On View:: Not on view

16. A Sportsman

Creator:: Edward Haytley, active 1740–1761
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches (51.8 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Studies for the Duke of Wellington

Creator:: Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 13 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches (33.7 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Studies of a Fox, a Barn Owl, a Peahen, and the Head of a Young Man

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 18 5/8 inches (49.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. The Corporal of Horse

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1927
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Dorelia in the Garden at Alderney Manor, Dorset

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: ca. 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 × 11 7/8 inches (50.8 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Studies of Riders in the Hunting Field

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 5/8 × 26 1/4 inches (37.1 × 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Warrior

Creator:: Keith Vaughan, 1912–1977
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (61.6 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

23. Study of a Head with a White Hat

Creator:: Michael Andrews, 1928–1995
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 7 1/4 x 8 inches (18.4 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale BS 1931
On View:: Not on view

24. Double Square

Creator:: Euan Uglow, 1932–2000
Date:: 1999 to 2000
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid to panel
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (41.9 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale, Sheffield Scientific School, Class of 1931
On View:: Not on view

25. Study - Figure

Creator:: L. S. Lowry, 1887–1976
Date:: 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 6 inches (26.7 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Regan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

26. Study of a Head for Lights

Creator:: Michael Andrews, 1928–1995
Date:: 1968
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (19.7 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale BS 1931
On View:: Not on view

27. Group of Dancing Figures

Creator:: Anthony Fry, 1927–2016
Date:: ca. 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 28 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches (73 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

28. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 16 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (42.5 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

29. Male Nude, Kneeling, from the Back

Creator:: Attributed to William Etty, 1787–1849
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 17 inches (41.9 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

30. Two Figures

Creator:: Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975
Date:: 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on panel
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 1/2 × 27 inches (57.2 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Oliver Radford, Yale BA 1982, in honor of his parents Roger and Jennifer Radford
On View:: Not on view

31. Reclining Nude

Creator:: Sir Matthew Smith, 1879–1959
Date:: 1926
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 x 46 inches (73.7 x 116.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

32. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Thomas Bardwell, 1704–1767
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (49.8 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

33. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: Thomas Bardwell, 1704–1767
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (49.8 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

34. Untitled Abstract

Creator:: Roger Furse, 1903–1972
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Overall: 16 3/16 × 20 1/8 × 1 7/8 inches (41.1 × 51.1 × 4.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gregory F.W. Todd, Yale BA 1976, in memory of Joan Castle Sitwell
On View:: Not on view

35. Studies of Heads

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 6 inches (19.7 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Portrait of a Man

2. Study of a Nun

3. Dreaming of Colours

4. Dreaming of Shapes

5. Unknown Boy

6. Seated Figure

7. John Phillippo Nighorus

8. Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for “The Liboya Serpent Seizing His Prey”

9. Woman in Japanese Dress

10. Nudes

11. Seated Figure II

12. Study of a Head

13. Fidelma III

14. Studies of Royal Horse Artillery Uniform, and of an A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief: a study for 'The Battle of Waterloo'

15. Gentleman with a Cannon

16. A Sportsman

17. Studies for the Duke of Wellington

18. Studies of a Fox, a Barn Owl, a Peahen, and the Head of a Young Man

19. The Corporal of Horse

20. Dorelia in the Garden at Alderney Manor, Dorset

21. Studies of Riders in the Hunting Field

22. Warrior

23. Study of a Head with a White Hat

24. Double Square

25. Study - Figure

26. Study of a Head for Lights

27. Group of Dancing Figures

28. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

29. Male Nude, Kneeling, from the Back

30. Two Figures

31. Reclining Nude

32. Portrait of a Lady

33. Portrait of a Gentleman

34. Untitled Abstract

35. Studies of Heads