Landscape on the Norfolk Coast

Location

Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy

James Stark is better known for his rural landscapes and river scenes, rather than coastal views like this example. However, a similar painting by Stark, titled 'Coastal Scene with Fisher Folk', was sold in London through the fine art auctioneer Sotheby’s, in March 2009.

James Stark was born in Norwich and became a pupil of local artist John Crome from 1811. He exhibited with the Norwich Society and entered the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1817. A painful condition, possibly kidney stones, hindered his work and forced him to return to Norwich in 1821. However, it did not prevent him marrying Elizabeth Dinmore of King's Lynn in the same year, with whom he had three children. In 1827, the first part of his four part volume of 36 engravings was published, entitled ‘Scenery of the Rivers of Norfolk’. Stark returned to London in 1830, after twelve years in Norwich. He died from a disease of the kidneys and bladder at the age of 64 in Camden, London, and returned to Norwich posthumously to be buried.

Places

England, Norfolk, North Sea

Subjects

rope, fisherman, barrel, topography, genre, seascape/coastal scene, pony, dog, shore, beach, man, woman, fence, house, windmill, ship, oar

Materials & Techniques

panel, oil, oil painting

Artist

James Stark (1794 - 1859)

Title

Landscape on the Norfolk Coast

Date

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 35.00 cm, width: 39.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Robinson & Foster, September 1949

GAC number

910