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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Boats around the headland, 1930–1930

Christopher Wood

Boats around the headland, 1930–1930

Sale Date: April 5, 2000

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Nude with red scarf

Christopher Wood

Nude with red scarf

Sale Date: April 5, 2000

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Cottage, Cornwall

Christopher Wood

Cottage, Cornwall

Sale Date: December 13, 1999

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Bridge over a river

Christopher Wood

Bridge over a river

Sale Date: December 13, 1999

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Still life with tulips in a vase and a bowl of...

Christopher Wood

Still life with tulips in a vase and a bowl of...

Sale Date: December 13, 1999

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The seamstress

Christopher Wood

The seamstress

Sale Date: December 13, 1999

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The flute player, 1926–1926

Christopher Wood

The flute player, 1926–1926

Sale Date: December 13, 1999

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Restaurant, St. Cloud, 1926–1926

Christopher Wood

Restaurant, St. Cloud, 1926–1926

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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Street in Tréboul, 1930–1930

Christopher Wood

Street in Tréboul, 1930–1930

Sale Date: November 5, 1999

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St. Ives, 1928–1928

Christopher Wood

St. Ives, 1928–1928

Sale Date: November 5, 1999

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Spring flowers in a white jar, 1930–1930

Christopher Wood

Spring flowers in a white jar, 1930–1930

Sale Date: November 5, 1999

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Seated woman with dog

Christopher Wood

Seated woman with dog

Sale Date: November 3, 1999

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Standing female nude

Christopher Wood

Standing female nude

Sale Date: November 2, 1999

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The ferry pier, 1928–1928

Christopher Wood

The ferry pier, 1928–1928

Sale Date: September 30, 1999

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Seated female nude, 1926

Christopher Wood

Seated female nude, 1926

Sale Date: September 30, 1999

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The little farm, Canadel, 1924–1924

Christopher Wood

The little farm, Canadel, 1924–1924

Sale Date: September 30, 1999

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Portrait of a lady with a greyhound

Christopher Wood

Portrait of a lady with a greyhound

Sale Date: June 23, 1999

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Landscape at Broadchalke, view from the , 1925–1925

Christopher Wood

Landscape at Broadchalke, view from the , 1925–1925

Sale Date: June 8, 1999

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Marseilles Harbour

Christopher Wood

Marseilles Harbour

Sale Date: June 8, 1999

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Two girls

Christopher Wood

Two girls

Sale Date: June 8, 1999

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Three sailors and a girl

Christopher Wood

Three sailors and a girl

Sale Date: June 8, 1999

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Standing female nude

Christopher Wood

Standing female nude

Sale Date: June 8, 1999

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After the theatre

Christopher Wood

After the theatre

Sale Date: June 8, 1999

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Arundel Castle

Christopher Wood

Arundel Castle

Sale Date: April 28, 1999

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