Gallions Reach
1928
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watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
support: 28.4 x 45.5 cm (11 3/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6113
Art Historical Context
James McBey's *Gallions Reach* (8), a delicate watercolor on laid paper measuring 28.4 x 45.5 cm, offers visitors a serene glimpse into early 20th-century British art. Housed in the National Gallery Art's Rosenwald CollectionDepartment CG-W), this drawing captures the titular location—a stretch of the River in East London, evoking the era's blend of industrial maritime life and natural beauty. Created during the interwar years, it reflects a period of quiet amid rapid modernization. Mc, a Scottish artist renowned his etchings and water, employed the medium's transparency to masterful effect. ...
About the Artist
James McBey
James McBey (1883–1959) was a Scottish artist renowned for his etchings and paintings, emerging from humble beginnings in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, as the illegitimate son of a blacksmith's daughter. Largely self-taught, he left school at fifteen to work as a bank clerk in Aberdeen, where he devoured art books from the public library and attended evening classes at Gray's School of Art to hone his ...