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Description: | The port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe, and in this painting we can see it was a busy and prosperous place from looking at the grand architecture, and the many boats and ships carrying cargo. Born in Whitby, Yorkshire, to a sailor Father, George Chamber's work was inspired by his early upbringing beside the sea, as well as his later travels to Holland. Chambers painted many kinds of marine voyage in a clear, smooth and cheerful manner. Hampered by shyness, his artistic career was slow to take off, and sadly, he died of heart failure at the age of 37 just as his success began to grow.
Oil painting of a river, with buildings at the riverside. Boats of varying sizes are moored at the banks. In the centre of the river is a small boat with three figures. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Seascape Fine arts Landscape Oil painting Oil Paintings Highlights Europe Holland Victorian period Georgian period Rotterdam Sea transport Shipping Art collections | Temporal: | 1820 - 1840
Georgian (1714-1837)
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | CHAMBERS; George (1803 - 1840) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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