Chateau d’Auppegard
- Artist: Anna Hope Hudson
- Date: After 1927
- Medium: Oil paint on board
- Dimensions: support: 462 x 382 mm
- Museum: Tate Britain
- Collection record: Tate Britain website
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About this artwork
"Château d’Auppegard" is an oil painting on board by Anna Hope Hudson, completed in 1927. The scene opens onto a small French chateau set against rolling fields—an architectural house framed by lush gardens. Hudson captures the building’s gentle stonework and its surrounding flower beds with delicate brushwork that suggests light filtering through leaves. Her palette leans toward muted greens and earth tones, adding an understated calm to the composition.
The canvas size is modest, about 46 cm by 38 cm, but Hudson’s detail invites viewers into the intimacy of a country courtyard. The subject matter blends architecture, garden structures, and floral elements, all grounded in the context of Dieppe, France. Hudson painted it after 1927, perhaps reflecting a nostalgic view of rural Europe post‑war.
The work entered the collection by bequest from Colonel Christopher Sands in 2000 and was accessioned in 2001. It has since been displayed at Tate Britain’s Living Gardens gallery, offering visitors a quiet, pastoral moment amid a bustling city. The painting is an evocative snapshot of Hudson’s love for gardens and modest French architecture, rendered with the quiet precision typical of her late career.
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Chateau d’Auppegard is in the collection of Tate Britain on Millbank, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
