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Steep Holm and Setting Sun

Robert Organ (1933–2023)

Dorset County Hospital

Steep Holm and Setting Sun

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The painting depicts a richly-coloured coastal sunset with tiny, shadowy figures walking along the beach, silhouetted against the deep space of sea and sky. Layers of translucent colour build the subtle transformation of night sky into sun reflected on water. This painting is one of a series painted while in Lyme Regis in which the artist traces the sun's path through rising to setting and the infinite nuances of colour and light produced by its presence above the sea.

Dorset County Hospital

Dorchester

Title

Steep Holm and Setting Sun

Date

1994–1995

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 213 x W 117 cm

Accession number

PCF19

Acquisition method

purchased, 1998

Work type

Painting

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Williams Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2JY England

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Robert Organ

1933–2023

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