From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Name/TitleDover Harbour

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 Madec. 1930

Period20th century

Medium and Materialsmedium: watercolour
support: paper

Style and IconographyEnglish landscape

Style and IconographyLandscape

Techniquepencil on paper

Techniquewatercolour on paper

Measurementsmedium height: 23.6cm
medium width: 33.6cm

Subject and Association Keywordssky

Subject and Association Keywordsrailing

Subject and Association Keywordsbuilding

Subject and Association KeywordsKent, England

Subject and Association Keywordssea

Subject and Association Keywordsharbour

Credit LinePurchased from the Fine Art Society, 1951

Object Typewatercolour

Object numberBIKGM.2972

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