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Item Number: 129554
Title: The Power of the Sea : Making Waves in British Art 1790-2014
Author: Kerr, Janette ; Christiana Payne (eds)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781908326577
Description: Bristol: Sansom, 2014. 28 x 21cm., pbk., 160pp., ca. 50 color plates. Exhibition held at RWA, Bristol. Summary: Artists in Britain have long been fascinated by the sea, the spectacle of waves crashing on the shore, and the destructive power of the ocean. Since the early nineteenth century, the sea has been an important focus for painters relishing the challenge of working directly from nature, often in inhospitable conditions. Such work has gained a new urgency with current concerns about climate change and rising sea levels. Danger is a recurrent theme; Morland, Danby, Brett and Langley emphasized the human costs of shipwrecks, Turner concentrated on elemental fury, and Constable on the sea’s breezy freshness. Late nineteenth century depictions seem more benign, a source of leisure and health. Moore, James, and Laurence sought ways to capture the movement of waves. Twentieth century artists Nash, Wadsworth and Feiler found reassurance in the simple geometry of sea walls and boats, while Lanyon, Piper and Eardley portrayed the coast as a place of swirling winds and shifting moods, emblematic of the artist’s own subjective experience.
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