Hartlepool Docks
Print
early 1950s (printed)
early 1950s (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Holmes designed textiles and commercial graphics, and worked as a printmaker and photographer alongside teaching graphic design. He worked in a variety of print techniques such as linocut and woodcut; this print is a lithograph.
This print shows an atmospheric scene of docks at nightfall. It is composed in dark blue and black, with shadowy reflections of cranes and buildings on the water's surface. Even though the view shown is of industrial machinery in a man-made environment, it is treated so beautifully that it becomes an evocative, tranquil landscape.
This print shows an atmospheric scene of docks at nightfall. It is composed in dark blue and black, with shadowy reflections of cranes and buildings on the water's surface. Even though the view shown is of industrial machinery in a man-made environment, it is treated so beautifully that it becomes an evocative, tranquil landscape.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Hartlepool Docks (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Colour lithograph, 'Hartlepool Docks', by Ronald Frederick Holmes, early 1950s |
| Physical description | Hartlepool Docks is an atmospheric composition in blues and blacks, executed in painterly style. It is mostly blue, with black reflections of buildings and cranes on the water surface. |
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| Copy number | 18 of 18 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Hartlepool Docks 18/18 PJH pp RF Holmes' |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | Holmes designed textiles and commercial graphics, and worked as a printmaker and photographer alongside teaching graphic design. He worked in a variety of print techniques such as linocut and woodcut; this print is a lithograph. This print shows an atmospheric scene of docks at nightfall. It is composed in dark blue and black, with shadowy reflections of cranes and buildings on the water's surface. Even though the view shown is of industrial machinery in a man-made environment, it is treated so beautifully that it becomes an evocative, tranquil landscape. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.450-2003 |
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| Record created | October 31, 2003 |
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