Christopher Wood

(British, 1901–1930)

Christopher Wood was a British painter known for his idiosyncratic paintings depicting the region around St. Ives. Influenced by the naïve art of the Cornish fisherman Alfred Wallis, Wood utilized skewed perspectives and distorted scale to frame his richly muted colors and elegant lines. “Do you know that all the great modern painters are not trying to see things and paint them through the eyes of a man of forty or fifty or whatever they may be, but through the eyes of the smallest child who sees nothing except the things that would strike him as being the most important?” Wood once asked. “To the childish drawing they add the beauty and refinement of their own experience—this is the explanation of modern painting.” Born on April 7, 1901 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, he went on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. While in Paris, he met Tony Gadarillas, a Chilean diplomat with hedonistic tendencies. It was Gadarillas who introduced Wood to opium, the drug’s hallucinogenic properties later sparked surrealistic imagery in the artist’s work. Although some of Wood’s greatest works came out of his addiction, withdrawal symptoms caused him deep paranoia. Suffering from acute opiate withdrawal, Wood committed suicide at the age 29 on August 21, 1930 in Salisbury, United Kingdom. Today, his works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

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The Christening

Christopher Wood

The Christening

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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Study of a young woman sitting on an armchair

Christopher Wood

Study of a young woman sitting on an armchair

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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Portrait of a young woman

Christopher Wood

Portrait of a young woman

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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Study of seated woman with her hands clasped

Christopher Wood

Study of seated woman with her hands clasped

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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Au Bord de la Seine

Christopher Wood

Au Bord de la Seine

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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WINTER LANDSCAPE, 1928, 1928

Christopher Wood

WINTER LANDSCAPE, 1928, 1928

Sale Date: April 28, 2023

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St Ives, Cornwall, 1928

Christopher Wood

St Ives, Cornwall, 1928

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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BORIS KOCHNO AND VLADIMIR DUKELSKY, 1926

Christopher Wood

BORIS KOCHNO AND VLADIMIR DUKELSKY, 1926

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Two friends

Christopher Wood

Two friends

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Study of fish

Christopher Wood

Study of fish

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Portrait studies of a woman

Christopher Wood

Portrait studies of a woman

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Standing female nude

Christopher Wood

Standing female nude

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Houses in a wintery landscape

Christopher Wood

Houses in a wintery landscape

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Studies of a baby

Christopher Wood

Studies of a baby

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Flowers in a Blue Vase, 1922

Christopher Wood

Flowers in a Blue Vase, 1922

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Porthmeor, 1928

Christopher Wood

Porthmeor, 1928

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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Gardens, St. Cloud, 1924

Christopher Wood

Gardens, St. Cloud, 1924

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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TWO NUDES IN A BEDROOM, CIRCA 1924, 1924

Christopher Wood

TWO NUDES IN A BEDROOM, CIRCA 1924, 1924

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Bridge and Notre Dame, Paris, 1924

Christopher Wood

Bridge and Notre Dame, Paris, 1924

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Cove, Cornwall, 1926

Christopher Wood

Cove, Cornwall, 1926

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Crocuses and Daffodils in Pots, 1929

Christopher Wood

Crocuses and Daffodils in Pots, 1929

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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White Yacht off the Breton Coast, 1929

Christopher Wood

White Yacht off the Breton Coast, 1929

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Drying Sails, Mousehole, Cornwall, 1930

Christopher Wood

Drying Sails, Mousehole, Cornwall, 1930

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Classical nude statues in a park scene with...

Christopher Wood

Classical nude statues in a park scene with...

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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