λ DAVID BOMBERG (BRITISH 1890-1957)HILLS ABOVE CHRISOSTOMAS MONASTERY, CYPRUSOil on canvas Signed and dated 48 (lower right); further signed, inscribed and dated 1948 (to stretcher verso)63.5 x 76.5cm (25 x 30 in.)Provenance:Arthur A. Stambois, Private CollectionStanley Mann, Private Collection (purchased from the above in 1961)By descent to his wife, Eithne Maureen Mann (nee Milne), Private Collection (1937-2018)By descent to the present ownerIn July 1948 Leslie Marr, student and husband of Dinora, Bomberg's stepdaughter, organised and paid for a painting trip to Cyprus. Bomberg had heard from an old friend and patron, Austen Harrison, about the drama and beauty of the landscape of Northern Cyprus so an adventure, financed by his son-in-law was met with great enthusiasm.Settling in the village of Lapithos, Bomberg once again felt free and invigorated by the landscape before him. The searing heat and intensity of light infused his paintings with cadmium reds, Prussian blues, chrome yellows and oranges, all vigorously applied in quick, fluid brushstrokes which leap off the canvas. Leslie Marr observed that Bomberg used to re-prime his canvases just before he started to paint in order to create a surface on which his brushes would glide over easily, giving the paintings an immediacy and fluid energy. The resulting impasto in this painting gives a three dimensionality and tactility that implores you to study it up close and immerse yourself in the ridges and furrows of paint, transporting you to the sun drenched mountains of Northern Cyprus. This was a happy time for Bomberg, surrounded by his close family he was able to immerse himself in the landscape and his painting. When he returned to England he painted nothing for three years, concentrating on his teaching post at Borough Polytechnic until this was terminated and he and Lilian decided to escape London for good to Spain and Ronda, where almost twenty years earlier he had found such positive inspiration in the landscape.λ Indicates that this lot may be subject to Droit de Suite royalty charges. From 1st January 2012 all UK art market professionals are required to collect a royalty payment for all works of art that have been produced by qualifying artists each time a work is re-sold during the artist’s lifetime and for a period up to 70 years following the artists death. This payment is only calculated on qualifying works of art which are sold for a hammer price more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 1,000. Please see our Terms and Conditions for a full definition of these charges. For a complete list of the royalty charges and threshold levels, please see www.dacs.org.uk.