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 Rolepainter
Date Made1930
Period20th century
Medium and Materialsmedium: watercolour
support: paper
Place MadeDover, England
Style and IconographyImpressionist
Style and IconographyLandscape
Style and IconographyEnglish landscape
Techniquewatercolour on paper
Measurementsmedium height: 17.4cm
medium width: 28cm
Credit LineGift from the National Art Collection Fund, 1970
