From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Name/TitleUnder the Cliffs, Dover 1930

About this objectDue to his deteriorating eyesight, Steer painted mostly in watercolours rather than oils during his later years. His painting compositions became freer and more abstract.

The artist’s good friend D. S. MacColl (1859-1948) described Steer’s watercolour methods: ‘He developed, for rapid notes from nature, a method of watercolour, Chinese in its exact control of a fully charged brush, so that the wet flatness of a sea ran out to the horizon and lipped to the beach in one swift wash…’

MakerSteer, Philip Wilson (1860-1942)

Maker Roledraughtsman & painter

Date Made1930

Period20th century

Place MadeDover, England

Style and IconographyEnglish landscape

Style and IconographyLandscape

Inscription and MarksP W Steer 1930
Method: written ink
Position: bottom right

Techniquewatercolour on paper

Measurementspainting height: 23.5cm
painting width: 33.5cm

mount height: 38cm
mount width: 50.5cm

Subject and Association Keywordscliff

Subject and Association KeywordsDover, England

Credit LinePurchased from the artist's studio sale with the aid of the NACF and the Dr Stansfield Bequest, 1942

Object Typewatercolour

Object numberBIKGM.2659

Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved