Julian Trevelyan, Hill Farm, 1944

1944

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

24 × 21 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-150851

Hill Farm , 1944 was painted a year after Julian Trevelyan’s return from a three-year service in North Africa with the Royal Engineers. The surrealist atmosphere, and semi-abstracted forms in this painting could have perhaps found inspiration from Trevelyan’s time in the desert, where he was tasked to create camouflage for the British army tanks and equipment. Looking closer, these unusual shapes begin to resemble the houses, animals and trees nestled within the hillside. The train in the foreground of the painting alludes to Trevelyan’s developing naïve style that appears more prominently in his later works.