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A Flagship before Wind with other Vessels
Presented by Miss Florence Le Marchant Tupper in memory of Lt-Gen. Sir Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper 1924
cloud
coast
mast
sail
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
society
transport: water
weather
<p>As an island nation, the British have an emotional attachment to the sea, and marine painting, based on Dutch models, developed earlier in Britain than, for instance, landscape painting. By the l740s it reflected Britain's rapidly growing naval and mercantile power.Brooking was one of the most promising marine painters of the mid-century, but died in his thirty-sixth year. He grew up among the shipyards of Deptford, probably the son of a painter- decorator, and trained by copying Dutch pictures. His style shows that he belonged to the new generation of painters to whom the varying moods of nature, translucent atmosphere and changing play of light were as important as the ships themselves.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
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
A Flagship before the Wind with other Vessels
support: 368 × 1016 mm
Presented by Miss Florence Le Marchant Tupper in memory of Lt-Gen. Sir Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper 1924
<p>As an island nation, the British have an emotional attachment to the sea, and marine <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>, based on Dutch models, developed earlier in Britain than, for instance, <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> painting. By the l740s it reflected Britain's rapidly growing naval and mercantile power.<br/>Brooking was one of the most promising marine painters of the mid-century, but died in his thirty-sixth year. He grew up among the shipyards of Deptford, probably the son of a painter- decorator, and trained by copying Dutch pictures. His style shows that he belonged to the new generation of painters to whom the varying moods of nature, translucent atmosphere and changing play of light were as important as the ships themselves.</p>
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