Aloft
Arthur Briscoe
1929
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View on museum website →Medium
pen and brown ink and watercolor on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 36.6 x 53.1 cm (14 7/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.846
About the Artist
Arthur Briscoe
Arthur Briscoe (1873–1943) was a British painter and etcher celebrated for his vivid and authoritative depictions of life at sea. Born into a world still shaped by sail, Briscoe brought firsthand knowledge to his art: he was an experienced sailor who crewed on working vessels, and this immersive engagement with maritime life gave his work an authenticity that distinguished it from the work of pain...