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Mackerel Nets
Presented by Professor Frederick Brown 1923
actions: processes and functions
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: birds
animals: fish and aquatic life
basket
beach
boy
carrying / holding
children
eel
evening
fisherman / fisherwoman
fishing net
group
groups
heating and lighting
lantern
mackerel
man
objects
people
seagull
seascapes and coasts
times of the day
vessels and containers
woman
work and occupations
<p>Shackleton was an idiosyncratic artist. He had studied in Paris in the 1890s, and developed an individual kind of Symbolism in his paintings of groups of nudes. He was devoted to the art of Turner, and borrowed from some of his paintings the unusual grey and pink colouring of many of his own. This beach scene by twilight was sketched by Shackleton near Boulogne. He worked very slowly, and made numerous studies in oil, pastel and gouache.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
The Mackerel Nets
support: 1022 × 1168 mm
Presented by Professor Frederick Brown 1923
<p>Shackleton was an idiosyncratic artist. He had  studied in Paris in the 1890s, and developed an  individual kind of Symbolism in his <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> of  groups of nudes. He was devoted to the art of  Turner, and borrowed from some of his paintings  the unusual grey and pink colouring of many of his  own. This beach scene by twilight was sketched by  Shackleton near Boulogne. He worked very slowly,  and made numerous studies in oil, <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/pastel" title="Glossary definition for 'Pastel'"><span>pastel</span></a> and  <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a>.</p>
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2004-09-03T00:00:00
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<p><b>N03820</b>	THE MACKEREL NETS 1913</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Wm. Shackleton 13’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 40 1/4×46 (102×117).
<br/>Presented by Professor Fred Brown 1923.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
Presumably purchased by Professor Brown from the artist.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
N.E.A.C., winter 1913 (6); Leicester Galleries, February–March 1922 (17), lent by the artist and not sold at the exhibition.
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
<i>Studio</i>, LXXXIII, 1922, p.20; <i>Artwork</i>, III, 1927, p.157.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: processes and functions adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: birds animals: fish and aquatic life basket beach boy carrying / holding children eel evening fisherman / fisherwoman fishing net group groups heating and lighting lantern mackerel man objects people seagull seascapes and coasts times of the day vessels and containers woman work and occupations