CAPRI.

Photos: Jonathan Russell.

  • Title(s): Capri (notice by work while on display Manchester, 2018-2019).
  • Description: Oil sketch, Impressionist-style, of Marina Grande harbour, rocks foreground, rippled water surface occupying most of the lower half of the painting, with settlement buildings backed by vegetation and a mountain behind (the eastern end of the Monte Solaro ridge).
  • Media: Oil on canvas (notice by work while on display Manchester, 2018-2019).
  • Dimensions: 60.0 x 28.5 cm (reference?).
  • Signature/date/other text: None on exposed canvas.
  • History:
    • c. 1900-1910 – Painted c. 1900-1910 according to note by painting when on display in Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019).
    • 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery (visible in exhibition photos).
    • 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019.
  • Location: private collection.

The scene is the Marina Grande on the Italian island of Capri.

Annie Swynnerton: “Once, at Capri, sat on a rock in mid-stream every day for three weeks to get the motion of water in sunlight.” (Notice by picture while on display at Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-9.)

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