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Description: | Joséphine Bowes, the co-founder of the Bowes Museum (with her husband) had many opportunities to observe the cliffs of northern France: she disliked sea journeys and would often stay ashore around Calais or Boulogne whilst her husband went to England on business trips. She produced many pictures of the area, depicting the cliffs in particular, but also fishermen's dwellings and the hinterland. In this painting she studied in particular the texture of the rocks shining in the sun. The two figures atop the cliff give an idea of the awesome grandeur of nature. | Subjects: | marine; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bowes, Joséphine (French artist, 1825-1874) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8945... | Go to resource |
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