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Le Crotoy

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Date

c.1823

Artist

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)

Collection

The Clark Art Institute

Image Link

https://www.clarkart.edu/ArtPiece/Detail/Le-Crotoy

Description

Depicting the fishing village of Le Crotoy, situated on a bay along the Normandy coastline, this watercolor showcases Bonington’s command of freely applied washes combined with crisply rendered detail, as in the sailors’ costumes and the rigging of the foreground boat. He masterfully calibrates the relative translucency and opacity of different materials and textures: for example, the skyline barely perceptible through the sailcloth, and the wooden posts in the left foreground that are alternately seen through and reflected in the shallow water.

Descriptive Medium

Watercolor, with scraping, on cream wove paper

Image Licence

Public Domain

Image Credit

Image courtesy Clark Art Institute. clarkart.edu

Location

Le Crotoy, France

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