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Peter Doig — Rosedale
Peter Doig

Rosedale

1991

A snow-covered suburban landscape rendered in Peter Doig's signature dreamlike style, where the quiet stillness of a Canadian winter night is captured through layered, luminous paint. Dark silhouettes of bare trees fracture the composition against a pale, muted sky, while the heavy blanket of snow absorbs and reflects the faint glow of distant lights. The work evokes a deep sense of solitude and memory, transforming an ordinary residential scene into something both hauntingly familiar and otherworldly.

Medium
oil on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

May 18, 2017

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Peter Doig, Rosedale, 1991

A snow-covered suburban landscape rendered in Peter Doig's signature dreamlike style, where the quiet stillness of a Canadian winter night is captured through layered, luminous paint. Dark silhouettes of bare trees fracture the composition against a pale, muted sky, while the heavy blanket of snow absorbs and reflects the faint glow of distant lights. The work evokes a deep sense of solitude and memory, transforming an ordinary residential scene into something both hauntingly familiar and otherworldly.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1991
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Melancholic Mood, Urban Wilderness, Figurative Painting, Muted Earth Tones, Canadian Artist, Male Artist, British Artist, Atmospheric Mood, Landscape, Muted Tones, Contemporary Master, Memory And Place, Late 20th Century, Urban Landscape, Neo-Expressionism, Oil on Canvas

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