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[Seascape with foreground rocks]
William Trost Richards
Watercolor was a part of Richards's repertoire as a landscape painter, but his interest grew in depicting the sea and shore. This work was made the same year the artist joined the American Water Color Society (founded in 1866). It is in keeping with the contemporary taste for highly finished, delicate, and precise watercolors. Richards layered his imagery with controlled, translucent washes over light pencil drawing. His attention to accuracy and detail, not only regarding water and the way it behaves but also atmosphere, bespeak his commitment to the English critic John Ruskin's doctrine of absolute truth to nature.
Artist
Date of Birth
(1833-1905)
Date
1874
Medium
Watercolor on gray Bristol board
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 13 15/16 in. irr. (21.59 x 35.40125 cm.)
Accession #
1973.17.2
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lea Hudson in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George Farnam Brown
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Category
Subject
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