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Description: | This is an important example of Edward Wadsworth's marine still-life pictures of the 1930s. The painting uses a Surrealist approach, taking ordinary objects and presenting them in an unexpected way. At the top centre of the picture is a starfish painted as if it is made of stone. This is flanked by a necklace-like string of cork floats and a green glass float suspended in a net. The sharp-edged forms and lack of texture give the scene the quality of a dream. To get the bright, slightly flat colour effect he wanted, Wadsworth used tempera. This type of paint uses egg rather than oil to bind the colour, and has to be applied in tiny, even brushstrokes. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | artists oil paintings art | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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Marine Set
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