It has occurred to me during the process of researching this blog that quite a number of realist painters have portrayed women at one time or another from a rear viewpoint � often in a domestic situation. Danish artists like Anna Ancher, Vilhelm Hammersh�i and Carl Hols�e frequently employed this device in their compositions. The female subject may at some small domestic labour, or simply being contemplative, gazing out onto some unseen vista. Here are some examples:

1822 Frau am Fenster [Woman at the Window] oil on canvas 44 x 73 cm

1880 Berthe Morisot The Dining Room of the Rouart Family, Avenue d'Eylau oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm

c1880 Edgar Degas Mary Cassatt at the Louvre pastel

1882 Christian Krohg The Hair is Braided

1883 Anna Ancher Girl in Kitchen oil on canvas 87.7 x 68.5 cm

1885 Edgar Degas A Visit to the Museum

c1885 Edgar Degas Three Women at the Races pastel 68.6 x 68.6 cm

1886 Berthe Morisot The Little Maid Servant oil on canvas 71 x 44 cm

1888 Vilhelm Hammersh�i Peasant Reading oil on canvas 63.5 x 55.5 cm

1890 Vilhelm Hammersh�i Bedroom 73 x 58 cm

1896 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Elles, Woman in a Corset chalk on paper

1899 Vilhelm Hammersh�i Interior

c1900 Carl Hols�e

c1900 Carl Hols�e

1905 Vilhelm Hammersh�i Rest 49.5 x 46.5 cm

c1910 Frederick Carl Frieseke The Birdcage oil on canvas 78.7 x 78.7 cm

1912-13 Frederick C. Frieseke Blue Interior oil on canvas 81.3 x 81.3 cm

1920 Henri Lebasque The Blue Robe oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm
c1885 A young Girl Arranging Flowers oil on canvas 56 x 41 cm

Anna Ancher Girl in the Kitchen

Anna Ancher

Carl Hols�e

Carl Hols�e

Carl Hols�e Mother and Child by a Window oil on canvas 78.7 x 76.2 cm

Vilhelm Hammersh�i Lady Reading in an Interior

Anna Ancher Young Woman in Front of a Mirror

Carl Hols�e Waiting by the Window

Carl Hols�e A Lady Playing the Spinet

Carl Hols�e A Lady Playing the Piano

Carl Hols�e Lamplight

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Back views of women in art

Famous for his romantic landscapes, views of ruined churches, stately homes and castles, John Piper (1903 � 1992) is considered to be one of the most significant British artists of the 20th Century.

This is part 3 of a 3-part post on the works of John Piper. Parts 1 and 2 show his work chronologically. Part 3 features his 1964 series �Churches�, and his 1977 series �Victorian Dream Palaces�. For biographical notes on Piper, and for earlier works, see parts 1 and 2.
A Retrospective of Churches, Marlborough Fine Art Limited, London, 1964. A set of 24 lithographs in colour:

1. Kilpeck, Herefordshire, the Norman South Door lithograph 72.5 x 51.5 cm � The Piper Estate

2. Gaddesby, Leicestershire, Medieval Stonework lithograph 67.2 x 47 cm � The Piper Estate

3. Redenhall, Norfolk, the Tower lithograph 70.6 x 36 cm � The Piper Estate

4. Warkton, Northamptonshire, Monument by Vangelder, 1775 lithograph 69.2 x 49.1 cm � The Piper Estate

5. Exton, Rutland, Monument by Grinling Gibbons, 1686 lithograph 74.4 x 51.6 cm � The Piper Estate

6. St Kew, Cornwall, Church in a Hilly Landscape lithograph 50.4 x 70.1 cm � The Piper Estate

7. Llan-y-Blodwell, Shropshire, Mid 19th Century Furnishing and Painting lithograph 66 x 46 cm � The Piper Estate

8. Malmesbury, Wiltshire, the South Porch lithograph 61.5 x 52 cm � The Piper Estate

9. Tickencote, Rutland, the Norman Chancel Arch lithograph 42.4 x 67.4 cm � The Piper Estate

10. Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, 17th Century Monument, 19th Century Furnishing lithograph 47.3 x 64.9 cm � The Piper Estate



11. Inglesham, Wiltshire, A Rustic Medieval Interior lithograph 50.7 x 71.1 cm � The Piper Estate


12. Lewknor, Oxfordshire, Textured Walls, Traceried Windows lithograph 53.1 x 70.9 cm � The Piper Estate

13. Leckhampstead, Berkshire, a Victorian Church by S.S. Teulor lithograph 68.5 x 47.2 cm � The Piper Estate

14. Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, Medieval Stone lithograph 48.6 x 68.7 cm � The Piper Estate

15. St Nicholas, Liverpool, Smoke-black Dockland Church lithograph 61.9 x 45.4 cm � The Piper Estate

16. Easton, Portland, Dorset, St George Reforne, an 18th Century Church among the Quarries lithograph 50.1 x 64.2 cm � The Piper Estate

17. North Grimstone, Yorkshire (East Riding), Detail from the 12th Century Font lithograph 73.7 x 53.7 cm � The Piper Estate

18. Gedney, Lincolnshire, a Tower in the Fens lithograph 177.6 x 51.5 cm � The Piper Estate

19. Llangloffan, Pembrokeshire, the Baptist Chapel lithograph 51.9 x 61.6 cm � The Piper Estate

20. St Anne's, Limehouse, London, by Nicholas Hawksmoor lithograph 70.5 x 47.7 cm � The Piper Estate

21. Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, by Nicholas Hawksmoor lithograph 73.2 x 48.3 cm � The Piper Estate

22. St Matthias, Stoke Newington, London, by William Butterfield lithograph 68.6 x 52 cn � The Piper Estate

23. St James the Less, Westminster, by G.E. Street lithograph 49 x 65.3 cm � The Piper Estate

24. St Mary's, Paddington, by G.E. Street lithograph � The Piper Estate

Victorian Dream Palaces. A set of silkscreen prints from 1977:

Ettington Park screenprint 53 x 70 cm � The Piper Estate

Flintham screenprint 52.4 x 70 cm � The Piper Estate


Harlaxton through the Gate screenprint 71.5 x 53.4 cm � The Piper Estate

Kelham screenprint 47.2 x 69.9 cm � The Piper Estate

Milton Ernest screenprint 51 x 69.7 cm � The Piper Estate

Royal Holloway College 53 x 70.5 cm � The Piper Estate

Shadwell Park screenprint 51.5 x 69.7 cm � The Piper estate

Wightwick Manor screenprint 52.6 x 70.6 cm � The Piper Estate


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John Piper � part 3

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