From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Name/TitleSeascape off Walmer, Kent

About this objectLate in his career Steer visited the seaside each summer. According to his fellow artist, Philip Connard, 'Steer's requirements when painting were, in order of importance: (1)Shelter from wind, (2) Proximity to a lavatory, (3) Shade from the sun, (4) Protection from children, [and] (5) Subject.'

Steer's eyesight began to fail in 1927 and by 1935 sight in both eyes was restricted to peripheral vision. He painted this watercolour from Walmer in Kent the year before he was incapacitated and animates the subtle grey-blue washes with a small boat unusually sketched in pencil which gives the piece scale and context.

MakerSteer, Philip Wilson (1860-1942)

Maker Roledraughtsman & painter

Date Made1934

Period20th century

Medium and Materialsmedium: watercolour
support: paper

Place MadeKent, England

Style and IconographyImpressionist

Style and IconographyEnglish landscape

Style and IconographyLandscape

Style and IconographyMarine Art

Techniquewatercolour on paper

Measurementsmedium height: 22.2cm
medium width: 30.4cm

Subject and Association Keywordscoastal

Credit LineGift from the National Art Collection Fund (NACF), 1970

Object Typewatercolour

Object numberBIKGM.4361

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