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Fishing Smacks Becalmed near a Shore
Bequeathed by Rev. Richard G. Maul 1896
adults
agriculture and fishing
beach
boat, fishing
boat, rowing
figure
fisherman / fisherwoman
people
sail
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
transport: water
work and occupations
<p>One of the most characteristic features of eighteenth-century British art was the development of marine, animal and topographical painting. Marine painting reached a very high standard, largely because it was modelled on sophisticated Dutch sea painting. British marine painters aimed to give their work greater realism. Brooking, for example, travelled extensively at sea. The details of his ships and rigging are always correct.</p><p>Where most marine painters used brown underpaint, Brooking painted on a light ground which makes his pictures particularly luminous and atmospheric.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
7 July 2001 – 8 September 2001
2001-09-08
7 July 2001 – 8 September 2001
2001-09-08
2001-07-07
St Barbe Museum (Lymington, UK)
http://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/
2001-07-07
The Golden Age of Sail: Charles Brooking and the British Marine Painters of the 18th Century
Loan-out
26 August 2002 – 18 July 2005
2005-07-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-26
Marine Painting
Collection based display
24 August 2009 – 28 November 2009
2009-11-28
15 August 2009 – 17 October 2009
2009-10-17
2009-08-15
St Barbe Museum (Lymington, UK)
http://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/
2009-08-24
Brooking and Monamy
Loan-out
Fishing Smacks Becalmed near a Shore
support: 273 × 838 mm
frame: 450 × 1020 × 100 mm
Bequeathed by Rev. Richard G. Maul 1896
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<span class="text0">One of the most characteristic features </span><span class="text17">of eighteenth-century British art was </span><span class="text0">the development of marine, animal and topographical <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>painting</span></a>.      Marine painting </span><span class="text17">reached a very high standard,      largely </span><span class="text18">because it was modelled on      sophisticated</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text17">Dutch      sea painting. British marine </span><span class="text0">painters aimed to      give their work greater <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/realism" title="Glossary definition for 'Realism'"><span>realism</span></a>. Brooking, for example, travelled      extensively at sea. The details of his ships and rigging are always      correct. </span>
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<span class="text0">Where most marine painters used brown underpaint,      Brooking painted on a light ground which makes his pictures particularly      luminous and atmospheric. </span>
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adults agriculture and fishing beach boat, fishing boat, rowing figure fisherman / fisherwoman people sail sea seascapes and coasts society transport: water work and occupations