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Swanage Bay
Presented by Mrs Jessop in memory of W.H. Jessop 1928
adults
architecture
bathing / swimming
bay
beach
boat, rowing
boat, yacht
boating
children
cliff
Dorset
England
England, South West
England, Southern
figure
girl
leisure and pastimes
people
pier
places
recreational activities
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
Swanage - non-specific
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>Although born in London, Conder grew up and first went to art school in Australia. He moved to Paris in 1890. While living there in the 1890s he often stayed in Normandy, where he painted scenes of bathers and of the cliffs on the coast. He used clear colours, reminiscent of Boudin. He continued to paint the coast in Britain, but there was no market for these paintings, many of which were not exhibited until after his early death.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Swanage Bay
support: 457 × 610 mm
frame: 592 × 752 × 43 mm
Presented by Mrs Jessop in memory of W.H. Jessop 1928
<p>Although born in London, Conder grew up and first went to art school in Australia. He moved to Paris in 1890. While living there in the 1890s he often stayed in Normandy, where he painted scenes of bathers and of the cliffs on the coast. He used clear colours, reminiscent of Boudin. He continued to paint the coast in Britain, but there was no market for these <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>, many of which were not exhibited until after his early death.</p>
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<p><b>N04411</b> SWANAGE BAY <i>c.</i> 1901
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Conder’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 18×24 (46×61).
<br/>Presented by Mrs Jessop in memory of W. H. Jessop 1928.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> As for No.4407.
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Gibson, 1914, p.49, repr. pl.26; Rothenstein, 1938, p.259, repr. facing p.129.</p>
<p>A view of the bay looking out towards Bournemouth.</p>
<p>A ‘Swanage Bay’ was lent by Charles H. Moore to the <i>Twenty Years of British Art</i> exhibition held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1910. Two <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> entitled ‘Swanage Bay’ were lent to the Tate Gallery retrospective exhibition, 1927. One belonged to Morton H. Sands (No.88, 14 3/4×19 3/4 in.), the other to Geoffrey Blackwell (No.93, 19 1/2×23 1/2 in.).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-06T00:00:00
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adults architecture bathing / swimming bay beach boating boat, rowing boat, yacht children cliff Dorset England England, Southern England, South West figure girl leisure and pastimes people pier places recreational activities sea seascapes and coasts society Swanage - non-specific townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions