E. Venis, Fishermen Bringing in Catch, Hastings – Late 19th-century watercolour painting

E. Venis Fishermen Bringing in Catch, Hastings

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An original late 19th-century watercolour painting – E. Venis, Fishermen Bringing in Catch, Hastings.

A charming marine watercolour by a local Hastings artist working at the end of the 19th century. This painting captures the unique fishing industry at Hastings on the Sussex coast, a town which has been a maritime centre for over a thousand years. The industry survives to this day as the UK’s largest beach-launched fleet and fishing community.

Please note the small size of this artwork.

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E. Venis (fl.1870–1915)

E. Venis of Hastings (fl.1870–1915) appears to have been a local man (the Veness family, of which Venis is a variant, were in East Sussex since the 1600s). He had a particular intimacy with his subjects and the fishing community—the local people and their houses, the boats and net shops. He painted in all weather conditions, by sea fog, moonlight and at sunset, and captures the particularities of the sustainable style of fishing at Hastings. His works were produced in the footsteps of earlier well-known 19th-century watercolourists working at Hastings—including J.M.W. Turner, William Henry Hunt, Samuel Prout, David Cox, William Collingwood and Peter de Wint—who were all drawn to the town for its marine subjects.

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Dimensions: Height: 6.6cm (2.6") Width: 10.5cm (4.13")

Presented: Unframed.

Medium: Watercolour

Age: Late 19th-century

Signed: No.

Inscribed: No.

Dated: --

Condition: In good condition for its age. The picture may have minor imperfections such as slight marks, toning, foxing, creasing or pinholes, commensurate with age. Please see photos for detail.

Stock number: JR-451