About this objectSteer’s friend D. S. MacColl (1859-1948) described how Steer chose to paint in unfashionable English holiday resorts such as Greenhithe in Kent because they were less busy.
The previous year, Steer had reluctantly accepted the Order of Merit. He wrote: ‘How odd it is, most men get honours for what they don’t particularly want to do and I get one for doing indifferently the only thing I like – playing about with paints.’
MakerSteer, Philip Wilson (1860-1942)
Maker Roledraughtsman & painter
Date Made1932
Period20th century
Medium and Materialsmedium: watercolour
support: paper
Place MadeKent, England
Style and IconographyImpressionist
Style and IconographyLandscape
Style and IconographyEnglish landscape
Techniquewatercolour on paper
Measurementsmedium height: 22.7cm
medium width: 30cm
Subject and Association Keywordscoastal
Credit LineGift from the National Art Collections Fund, 1970
