We’ve always viewed our bottles as a canvas – and now we’ve made it a reality by collaborating with Tate. Scroll on to find out more about the artwork on our latest collection.
We’ve teamed up with iconic art institution, Tate, to turn our reusables into masterpieces (that you can take everywhere with you). Launched to celebrate World Refill Day, and Tate’s commitment to eliminating single-use plastic, the Modern Classics range features five famous works of art from the past 150 years. From Mondrian’s monochromatic lines through to Kandinsky’s abstract expressionism, find out more about each artist below...
David Bomberg (1890 – 1957) was said to be the most audacious painter of his generation at the Slade. His treatment of the human figure, in terms of angular, clear-cut forms charged with enormous energy, reveals his determination to bring about a drastic renewal in British painting. With the advent of World War I, everything changed dramatically and his harrowing experiences at the Front brought about a profound transformation in his outlook.
Wassily Kandinsky | Cossacks 1910-11
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944) was a Russian born painter, teacher and theorist. He was a pioneer of abstract art, believing that abstract art was capable of expressing a higher spiritual and emotional reality. Born in Moscow, he studied economics and law at university before moving to Munich to study art. In 1908 he began to develop a style which used rich contrasts of colour and abstract shapes. This style then developed to include precise geometrical forms. After the closure of the Bauhaus by the Nazis in 1933, where he taught, Kandinsky spent his last years in Paris.
Jean Spencer (1942 – 1998) was a British artist known for her abstract paintings and relief sculptures. She studied teacher training at Bath Academy of Art, and started to make Constructivist style work. Co-founding the Systems Group with her husband and fellow-artist Malcolm Hughes, systematic and mathematical processes were core to her work for many years, as well as her research into the properties and relations of colour. Her last series of works, six colour blocked panels, is part of Tate’s collection.
Piet Mondrian | Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red (1937–42)
Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944) was a Dutch pioneer of abstract art and a founder of the De Stijl movement. During his lifetime he was celebrated for the purity of his abstract paintings and the methodical practice used to create them. Mondrian produced his most famous works from the 1920s, in his own style called Neo-Plasticism where he restricted his painting to a three colour palette and black grid system for which he is most famous. As well as being crucial to the development of modern art, his iconic abstract works still influence modern design and popular culture today.
John Piper (1903 – 1992) was a British painter, best known for his poetic depictions of the British landscape. Born in Epsom, Surrey, Piper began studying art in 1927 at The Richmond College of Art and then at the Royal College of Art. His early work reflected the trend for abstraction and was influenced by his frequent trips to Paris where he befriended the artist Alexander Calder. He worked across an extraordinary range of disciplines including designs for stained glass and theatre sets yet his powerful and romantic paintings of the British landscape are considered his most iconic work.
The art of hydration: Chilly's x Tate collection
We’ve always viewed our bottles as a canvas – and now we’ve made it a reality by collaborating with Tate. Scroll on to find out more about the artwork on our latest collection.
We’ve teamed up with iconic art institution, Tate, to turn our reusables into masterpieces (that you can take everywhere with you). Launched to celebrate World Refill Day, and Tate’s commitment to eliminating single-use plastic, the Modern Classics range features five famous works of art from the past 150 years. From Mondrian’s monochromatic lines through to Kandinsky’s abstract expressionism, find out more about each artist below...
David Bomberg
David Bomberg | The Mud Bath - 1913
David Bomberg (1890 – 1957) was said to be the most audacious painter of his generation at the Slade. His treatment of the human figure, in terms of angular, clear-cut forms charged with enormous energy, reveals his determination to bring about a drastic renewal in British painting. With the advent of World War I, everything changed dramatically and his harrowing experiences at the Front brought about a profound transformation in his outlook.
Wassily Kandinsky | Cossacks 1910-11
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944) was a Russian born painter, teacher and theorist. He was a pioneer of abstract art, believing that abstract art was capable of expressing a higher spiritual and emotional reality. Born in Moscow, he studied economics and law at university before moving to Munich to study art. In 1908 he began to develop a style which used rich contrasts of colour and abstract shapes. This style then developed to include precise geometrical forms. After the closure of the Bauhaus by the Nazis in 1933, where he taught, Kandinsky spent his last years in Paris.
Jean Spencer
Jean Spencer | (no title), 1997
Jean Spencer (1942 – 1998) was a British artist known for her abstract paintings and relief sculptures. She studied teacher training at Bath Academy of Art, and started to make Constructivist style work. Co-founding the Systems Group with her husband and fellow-artist Malcolm Hughes, systematic and mathematical processes were core to her work for many years, as well as her research into the properties and relations of colour. Her last series of works, six colour blocked panels, is part of Tate’s collection.
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian | Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red (1937–42)
Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944) was a Dutch pioneer of abstract art and a founder of the De Stijl movement. During his lifetime he was celebrated for the purity of his abstract paintings and the methodical practice used to create them. Mondrian produced his most famous works from the 1920s, in his own style called Neo-Plasticism where he restricted his painting to a three colour palette and black grid system for which he is most famous. As well as being crucial to the development of modern art, his iconic abstract works still influence modern design and popular culture today.
John Piper
John Piper | Abstract I, 1935
John Piper (1903 – 1992) was a British painter, best known for his poetic depictions of the British landscape. Born in Epsom, Surrey, Piper began studying art in 1927 at The Richmond College of Art and then at the Royal College of Art. His early work reflected the trend for abstraction and was influenced by his frequent trips to Paris where he befriended the artist Alexander Calder. He worked across an extraordinary range of disciplines including designs for stained glass and theatre sets yet his powerful and romantic paintings of the British landscape are considered his most iconic work.