Tuberculosis patient 5 - memories of Irish landscapes (artwork)

2 artworks on the recto and verso of one sheet, identified by Rita Simon's pseudonym "Tuberculosis Patient 5".

The recto shows a stormy sea with cliffs behind. The verso is a pencil drawing of the sea with hills behind.

The title has been taken from wording written on the verso.

The closure period has been estimated by the cataloguer according to the general timescale of artworks made by Rita Simon's other tuberculosis patients in the series.

Rita Simon's style classification: Traditional Massive.

1940-1960

2 artworks (1 sheet) Recto: bodycolour on paper, 21.4 x 32.8 cm / verso: pencil drawing, 21.4 x 32.8 cm.

"Lighthouse keeper and civil servant. Third painting from memory of scenes from his home in Ireland. Long-term patient. TB. First Painting. Four or six drawings before."

This information is taken from a pencil inscription on the verso of the painting, written by Rita Simon.