Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Wreckage Fruiter
Presented by A.J. and B. Hook 1908
actions: processes and functions
adults
agriculture and fishing
basket
carrying / holding
cliff
coast
Cornwall
England
England, South West
England, Southern
fisherman / fisherwoman
food and drink
fruit - non-specific
industrial and crafts
man
objects
people
places
pulling
rocky
rope
salvaging
sea
seascapes and coasts
shipwreck
society
storm
tools and machinery
transport: water
UK counties
UK countries and regions
vessels and containers
wave
weather
woman
work and occupations
<p>A painter who could “bind the restless wave”, Hook repeatedly explored the sea as the source of both loss and gain. Here the womenfolk recover fruit from a wreck – thus providing a vivid touch of orange to the composition – and the men haul in what they can from the destruction of other people’s lives and property. This work was painted at Sennen Cove, near Land’s End, Cornwall.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
11 December 2006 – 2 December 2007
2007-12-02
1 December 2006 – 2 December 2007
2007-12-02
2006-12-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 March 2008 – 7 June 2008
2008-06-07
2008-03-15
Penlee House Gallery & Museum (Penzance, UK)
2006-12-11
James Clarke Hook and Painters of the Sea
Collection based display
15 March 2008 – 7 June 2008
2008-06-07
15 March 2008 – 7 June 2008
2008-06-07
2008-03-15
Penlee House Gallery & Museum (Penzance, UK)
2008-03-15
Sea and Coasts
Loan-out
Wreckage from the Fruiter
support: 921 × 1556 mm
frame: 1225 × 1860 × 135 mm
Presented by A.J. and B. Hook 1908
<p>A painter who could “bind the restless wave”, Hook repeatedly explored the sea as the source of both loss and gain. Here the womenfolk recover fruit from a wreck – thus providing a vivid touch of orange to the composition – and the men haul in what they can from the destruction of other people’s lives and property. This work was painted at Sennen Cove, near Land’s End, Cornwall.</p>

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actions: processes and functions adults agriculture and fishing basket carrying / holding cliff coast Cornwall England England, Southern England, South West fisherman / fisherwoman food and drink fruit - non-specific industrial and crafts man objects people places pulling rocky rope salvaging sea seascapes and coasts shipwreck society storm tools and machinery transport: water UK counties UK countries and regions vessels and containers wave weather woman work and occupations