Philip Wilson Steer
Born – Birkenhead, England 1860
Died – London, England 1942
Philip Wilson Steer studied at Gloucester School of Art in 1882, leaving for Paris in the same year. Like his close friend, Sickert, he was an English artist who looked to the French for inspiration. In Paris he discovered Impressionism, in particular the works of Degas and Monet. He returned to England in 1884 and, with Sargent and Sickert, helped found the New English Art Club in 1886. In 1889, Steer was one of the members who exhibited separately under the title “The London Impressionist.” Beach at Etaples is one if a number of beach scenes and seascapes that are generally regarded as his most accomplished work. This painting, with its poetic and melancholic atmosphere, helped Steer gain his reputation as the best of the English Impressionists. He taught at the Slade for thirty-one years. His later work was more conventional, revealing the influences of Constable and Gainsborough. He also made increasing use of watercolour, his lyrical style derived in part from Turner. Steer went blind in the last few years of his life.
Masterpieces:
- Girls Running: Walberswick Pier
- The Horseshoe Bend of the Severn
Text: The A-Z of Art, Nicola Hodge and Libby Anson.
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