James Clarke Hook

Home with the Tide

1880

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Artist: James Clarke Hook 1819–1907
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: Support: 889 x 1397 mm
frame: 1229 x 1741 x 154 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
Reference: N01512

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Painted on site at Findochtie in Scotland, this painting takes up a frequent theme in Hook’s work of the involvement of wife and children in a man’s work. Hook’s rich colouring, learned in Venice – for instance in the vivid evening light reflected on the water – contributed to his fame.

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