Barges in Whitstable Harbour

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

John Cosmo Clark CBE, was a graduate of Goldsmiths College of Art. He fought in both World Wars and was awarded a Military Cross in 1918. He served as Deputy Chief Camouflage Officer for the Air Ministry in 1939. His paintings are characterised by the depiction of everyday activities such as street scenes and cafes, many of which were painted at night. One of Clark’s friends recounted how he would attach small battery-powered lamps to his canvases while painting in the dark. His wife, Jean Clark, was also an accomplished painter, and in 1983 a joint retrospective exhibition of their work was held at the Bankside Gallery in London.

Places

England, Whitstable, Kent

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, railing, quay, harbour, ship

Materials & Techniques

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

Artist

Cosmo Clark (1897 - 1967)

Title

Barges in Whitstable Harbour

Date

1952

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 27.50 cm, width: 39.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, December 1952

Inscription

br: COSMO CLARK / 1952

GAC number

2003