Seascape, Rock and Sea
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.06
- Description
- Oil study of a rocky foreground, large brown rock set off to 1. High horizon line broken by another rock mass in trc. Blue water surrounds rocks, sky is of greenish-grey.“The technique here is patchy but a luminosity forecasts Collings later mastery of light. On the back is a lake scene, possibly S…
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- Title
- Seascape, Rock and Sea
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 9 x 20 cm
- Description
- Oil study of a rocky foreground, large brown rock set off to 1. High horizon line broken by another rock mass in trc. Blue water surrounds rocks, sky is of greenish-grey.“The technique here is patchy but a luminosity forecasts Collings later mastery of light. On the back is a lake scene, possibly Shuswap, which is smoother and freer, indicating a later date.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.06
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