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Boulogne Sands: Children Shrimping

Philip Wilson Steer, 1891

The picture is a good example of Steer's early experimental period when he was assimilating the methods of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. The influence of Seurat is particularly felt in the way the surfaces are systematically divided into complementary colours, applied with small dabs of the brush.

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Title of artwork, date

Boulogne Sands: Children Shrimping, 1891

Date supported

1979

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

48 x 57 cm

Grant

2000

Total cost

22000

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