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| Title | Peek-A-Boo | |
| Collection | Dundee Art Galleries and Museums / McManus Galleries | |
| Artist | Blommers, Bernardus Johannes (Dutch artist, 1845-1914) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1880 | |
| Date Latest | possibly 1914 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | A mother, with back to the viewer, looks over the water where ships sail the far horizon. Wearing a white headscarf, a long skirt and apron, she carries her baby. Whilst the mother's pose is stable, there is playful action at her feet. Two little children play peek-a-boo, using their mother's figure to hide from each other, and on the right the girl grips her mother's skirt as support. She steals a look behind. She is laughing at the boy on all fours. In the middle-ground, several figures lie in the grass. | |
| Current Accession Number | 7-1945 | |
| Inscription | front lr ‘Blommers’ | |
| Subject | figure (mother, children); landscape; everyday life | |
| Measurements | 102.9 x 77.5 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Andrew G. Kidd 1945 | |
| Principal Exhibitions | British Association Fine Art Exhibition, Dundee, 1939, cat. no 20; A Fashion for Holland, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 18 May-5 June 1986, cat. no. 23. | |
| Publications | Hardie, W.R., Dundee City Art Gallery Catalogue, Dundee, 1973, p.14; A Fashion for Holland, Perth, [1986], cat. no. 23. | |
| Notes | The brushwork is broad and outlines are tentative, consistent with Blommer's later style. | |
| Rights Owner | © McManus Galleries and Museum | |
| Author | Dr Claudia Heide | |