Oil paint on canvas
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Horses Surprised by Wolves
Presented by the Art Fund 1943
animals: actions
animals: mammals
attacking
horse
landscape
pool
running
water: inland
wolf
wooded
<p>Tunnard moved to Cornwall in 1930 to run a hand block-printing silk business with his wife. From 1940-5 he served as a coastguard, at a time when the coast was heavily proscribed in the interests of national defence.</p><p>Like other paintings Tunnard made at this time, Reclamation conveys some sense of what it was to gaze out over the sea from a coast guard’s post on top of the cliffs. The abstract shapes, which are like events held in a static view, may also evoke the military technology of the time.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Horses Surprised by Wolves
support: 733 × 1372 mm
frame: 1030 × 1660 × 110 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1943
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    Tunnard moved to Cornwall in 1930  to run a hand block-printing silk business with his wife. From 1940-5 he served  as      a coastguard, at a time when the coast was heavily proscribed in the      interests  of national defence.  </div>
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    Like other <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> Tunnard made at this time, Reclamation conveys some sense  of what it was to gaze out over the sea      from a coast guard’s post on top of the cliffs. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/abstract-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Abstract art'"><span>abstract</span></a> shapes,      which are like events held in a static view, may also  evoke the military technology of the  time.   </div>

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animals: actions animals: mammals attacking horse landscape pool running water: inland wolf wooded