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Comments: Frederick Waters Watts was a highly accomplished landscape painter. His work is in a very similar style to that of Constable and during his life he was often compared to him. Col. M. H. Grant ('The Old English Landscape Painters', undated, vol. II, p. 359) said of him, "like Constable, he too painted the inland scenery of England, her meadows, gently flowing rivers, her mills and farmsteads, these in a crisp and colourly manner, a mosaic of bright and resonant greens contrasting finely with red-roofed barns, the whole resembling Constable's similar scheme only in description, but not in technique, which is Watt's own". Watts' associations with Constable's work can clearly be seen in this painting, although most of these are connected to the choice of subject. The impressionistic handling of the water pouring through the lock gates as they open and the calm water beyond are comparable to Constable's treatment of similar subjects. The flash of scarlet of the boatman's waistcoat is another device that Constable was to use on a number of occassions. The painting of the gathering dark clouds in the sky and the small areas of blue above is more considered than the execution of the foreground and suggests careful study of the subject. The energy on the right side of the painting with the wind-blown trees, the impending storm and the rushing water contrasts with the calm of the left side in which horses graze peacefully at the water's edge and the trees and houses are lit by the remnants of the sunlight. |
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| Exhibitor: Partridge Fine Arts | |
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Title:
F. Waters Watts
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Category:
Paintings - European
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| Period: 1800 - 1850 | Price: |
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N° 1023
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