Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale 1770–79 John Hamilton Mortimer British The British painter and printmaker John Hamilton Mortimer specialized in romantic scenes of bandits conceived in the tradition of Salvator Rosa, and drawn in a virtuoso manner inspired by Guercino. Here, parallel hatching lines sculpt large waves that crash against the dotted surface of the beach; cross-hatched strokes model the vessel pulled ashore; dense layers of gently curving lines designate human figures; tight scallops trace edges of foliage; and loose, abbreviated curves suggest clouds. The boldest form, however,
Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale 1770–79 John Hamilton Mortimer British The British painter and printmaker John Hamilton Mortimer specialized in romantic scenes of bandits conceived in the tradition of Salvator Rosa, and drawn in a virtuoso manner inspired by Guercino. Here, parallel hatching lines sculpt large waves that crash against the dotted surface of the beach; cross-hatched strokes model the vessel pulled ashore; dense layers of gently curving lines designate human figures; tight scallops trace edges of foliage; and loose, abbreviated curves suggest clouds. The boldest form, however, is the least mannered: the single, sinewy, leafless tree in the center of the sheet that winds towards the Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale 344574
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