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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THREE STANDING NUDES

Christopher Wood

THREE STANDING NUDES

Sale Date: September 28, 1994

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Study of women and children in Rome

Christopher Wood

Study of women and children in Rome

Sale Date: September 27, 1994

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The boulevard at Passy

Christopher Wood

The boulevard at Passy

Sale Date: September 27, 1994

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Bathing Party - Italy 1925

Christopher Wood

Bathing Party - Italy 1925

Sale Date: July 20, 1994

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Paris at night, 1925

Christopher Wood

Paris at night, 1925

Sale Date: June 23, 1994

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STANDING FEMALE NUDE, 1925

Christopher Wood

STANDING FEMALE NUDE, 1925

Sale Date: June 23, 1994

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STUDY OF A RECLINING FEMALE NUDE, 1928

Christopher Wood

STUDY OF A RECLINING FEMALE NUDE, 1928

Sale Date: June 23, 1994

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THE ARTIST'S COTTAGE NEAR PARIS, 1930

Christopher Wood

THE ARTIST'S COTTAGE NEAR PARIS, 1930

Sale Date: June 22, 1994

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CAFE DE LA MARINE, 1927

Christopher Wood

CAFE DE LA MARINE, 1927

Sale Date: June 22, 1994

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Reclining female nude

Christopher Wood

Reclining female nude

Sale Date: June 7, 1994

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Study of a male nude, 1920

Christopher Wood

Study of a male nude, 1920

Sale Date: May 13, 1994

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Standing female nude, 1925

Christopher Wood

Standing female nude, 1925

Sale Date: March 17, 1994

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Italian Women, 1928

Christopher Wood

Italian Women, 1928

Sale Date: March 11, 1994

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Woman Porter at Marseilles

Christopher Wood

Woman Porter at Marseilles

Sale Date: March 8, 1994

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MARSEILLES HARBOUR, 1927

Christopher Wood

MARSEILLES HARBOUR, 1927

Sale Date: November 23, 1993

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SEATED AND STANDING NUDES, 1927

Christopher Wood

SEATED AND STANDING NUDES, 1927

Sale Date: November 23, 1993

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COSTUME DESIGN FOR LUNA PARK ('THE FREAKS'), 1930

Christopher Wood

COSTUME DESIGN FOR LUNA PARK ('THE FREAKS'), 1930

Sale Date: November 23, 1993

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DAISIES AND CORNFLOWERS IN A GLASS BOWL, 1927

Christopher Wood

DAISIES AND CORNFLOWERS IN A GLASS BOWL, 1927

Sale Date: November 23, 1993

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COSTUME DESIGN FOR 'LUNA PARK' (THE FREAKS), 1930

Christopher Wood

COSTUME DESIGN FOR 'LUNA PARK' (THE FREAKS), 1930

Sale Date: October 15, 1993

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RECLINING NUDE

Christopher Wood

RECLINING NUDE

Sale Date: October 15, 1993

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DUCKS

Christopher Wood

DUCKS

Sale Date: September 9, 1993

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THE MODEL

Christopher Wood

THE MODEL

Sale Date: September 9, 1993

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BOATS IN A FRENCH PORT, 1929

Christopher Wood

BOATS IN A FRENCH PORT, 1929

Sale Date: July 27, 1993

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THEATRE DESIGN

Christopher Wood

THEATRE DESIGN

Sale Date: July 22, 1993

Auction Closed

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