Elijah Albert Cox, Fishermen's Wives On A Dike, Return Of The Fleet

Elijah Albert Cox, Fishermen's Wives On A Dike, Return Of The FleetThis early 20th century oil painting by British artist Elijah Albert Cox (1870 1955) depicts a vibrant coastal scene with fishermens wives and the returning fleet. Under a restless sky abundant with disparate clouds, two fishing boats head for the shore. The sea shimmering with blue tones, lifted with a splash of radiant white. Two fisherwomen navigate a dike, laden with baskets, anticipating the catch. While, in the foreground, dapples of light

Some shyness

New York and in 1933

1908Condition: Overall very presentable

A young girl sits to rest under the sinuous bough of a leaning birch amid the golden tones of autumnal foliage

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we feel that it’s a 19th-century portrait

Arresø lake

The American tonalist John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902) also trained at the Académie and was perhaps an inspiration

a rocky island near Plymouth in Devon

Note also the composition

black necktie

The Cusco School is characterised by religious paintings which lack depth of field and display strong colours - particularly red and yellow