View of the Mumbles near Swansea

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

A landscape, coastal and marine painter, George Wolfe (1834-1883) was mostly known for his landscape paintings and watercolours. He was born in Bristol and shared a studio in Clifton with landscape and marine painter Samuel Jackson. Most of Wolfe’s subjects include views taken in Britain including Devon Cornwall, South Wales and Yorkshire as well as landscapes from Germany and Belgium. His works were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. In 1859 he published Wolfe’s Book of Barges. His work can also be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Maritime Museum, London; and Bristol City Art Gallery.

Places

Wales, Swansea (County), The Mumbles, Swansea Bay, Bristol Channel

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, stone/rock, bay, sea, beach, cliff, man, ship, anchor

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), ink, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

George Wolfe ( - 1890)

Title

View of the Mumbles near Swansea

Date

1855

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 31.40 cm, width: 50.20 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1975

Inscription

br: Geo. Wolfe / 1855

GAC number

11842