4273 - Frederick George Cotman, Runswick Bay

Frederick George Cotman, Runswick Bay Above, on the beach, a mother with her daughter on a loosely defined path; coming up from the beach, a girl with a basket on her head; the fishing boats are stranded due to the ebb tide, in the background on the left, a small fishing village; the painting depicts a windy and sunny summer’s day; Runswick Bay is on the North Sea coast of England, east of Middlesbrough in Yorkshire, now a popular holiday destination; the artist conjures up an atmospheric mood here; oil on canvas, signed and dated 1875 in the bottom left-hand corner, mounted and restored, gold frame, inner dimensions approx. 53 x 93 cm. Artist information: British artist (1850 in Ipswich - 1920 in Felixstowe), nephew of the artist John Sell Cotman, a student at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1868, initially primarily a portrait and watercolour painter, later developing into a landscape and genre painter; worked for some time for the Duke of Westminster, amongst others; member of the Ipswich School of Art and the Norwich School of Painters. Source: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online and Dictionary of British Artists.