Christian Furr in his studio adding the finishing touches to the Serpentine painting for the Dorchester 2022
The Serpentine Painting 2022
Oil on Linen
270 x 230 cm
8 7/8 x 7 1/2 feet
The Daily Telegraph 23 January 2023
Lakeside : Christian Furr's painting of th eSerpentine hangs in the newly renovated Dorchester hotel. He was the youngest artist, age 28, to officially paint the late Queen.
PHOTO Heathcliff O'Malley/Daily Telegraph
Christian Furr
The Dorchester Serpentine Painting - Commission, 2022
Oil on Linen
270 x 230 cm
Edition POA
Copyright/Christian Furr/Bridgeman Images 2023
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In 2022 The Dorchester, commissioned Christian Furr to create an imposing painting for their newly designed and refurbished lobby. The 2.7 x 2.3m painting, featuring the Serpentine and Hyde Park,...
In 2022 The Dorchester, commissioned Christian Furr to create an imposing painting for their newly designed and refurbished lobby.
The 2.7 x 2.3m painting, featuring the Serpentine and Hyde Park, contains many themes and stories that celebrate the nature of the area.
Viewers are invited into a timeless scene of the edge of the Serpentine in Hyde Park, rendered at magnificent scale in oil paint.
Christian Furr brings together elements of nature, human activity and the seasons that span past, present and future, with numerous hidden elements to discover—lovers in the water, runners on the bank, rowers in the river, and the Serpentine Bridge in the distance.
The painting combines real and imagined elements that invoke a dreamlike atmosphere which is reminiscent of the spirit of J.M Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’.
Provenance
The Dorchester 2022Exhibitions
Permanent collection of the Dorchester - The Dorchester Collection
Literature
23 January 2023 - The painting is now on dispaly at the Dorchester
