About this objectSteer enjoyed travelling through the English countryside to paint landscapes. By this point in his career, he was repeatedly called ‘the’ successor of John Constable (1776-1837) and received widespread critical and public support.
Many of his painting trips were to the sites of J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) paintings, such as Bridgnorth. The works of Turner had a long-lasting impact on Steer. He travelled with a copy of Turner’s Liber Studiorum in his pocket. As a child, he had been fascinated by a Turner watercolour that hung in his bedroom.
In his later years, Steer's increasing interest in watercolours influenced his oil technique.
MakerSteer, Philip Wilson
Maker Rolepainter
Date Made1925
Period20th century
Medium and Materialsmedium: oil
support: canvas
Style and IconographyImpressionist
Style and IconographyEnglish landscape
Style and IconographyLandscape
Techniqueoil on canvas
Measurementssupport height: 50.8 cm
support width: 81.2 cm
Credit LinePurchased from the artist's studio sale with the aid of the NACF and the Dr Stansfield Bequest, 1942
