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Victor Reinganum
Description
Subject Matter:
Victor Reinganum was an artist and illustrator who worked primarily in London for the Radio Times. After studying as one of Fernand Léger's six private students, he returned to London where he became responsible for the aesthetic of the magazine. His work often lies somewhere between abstraction and surrealism. The dark palette and slighly ominous sense given by the tower of the Church of Our Lady of the Angels looming in the foreground of this illustration are characteristic qualities of Reinganum's work.
Physical Description:
This drawing shows a city climbing a hill along the bank of a river. The background is mostly grey, with faint washes of blue around the top and bottom edge to indicate sky and water. The blocky brown, pink, blue, grey, green, and yellow buildings have flat, black roofs and some windows are lit. Little black boats are lined up on the shoreline, and one is offshore flying the French flag. On the right, the tower of a church rises out of the water.
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