Old Port, Marseilles
1930
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drypoint in black
Dimensions
plate: 28 × 36.8 cm (11 × 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.7529
Art Historical Context
Henry Rushbury's *Old Port, Marseilles*1930) captures the timeless energy of one of Europe's most vibrant harbors. As a British artist and engraver (1881–1968), Rushbury was renowned for meticulous depictions of urban and architectural scenes, often drawing from his travels across Europe. This drypoint print portrays the bustling Vieux-Port of Marseille, a historic Mediterranean hub of trade, fishing, and cultural exchange since ancient times. Created in the interwar years, it evokes the port's lively atmosphere amid the era's economic shifts and wanderlust. The work's medium—drypoint in blac...
About the Artist
Henry Rushbury
Henry Rushbury was a British artist celebrated primarily for his etchings and watercolors of architectural subjects, working during the early and middle decades of the twentieth century. He studied at the Birmingham School of Art before moving to London, where he became part of a generation of printmakers who revitalized the etching medium in Britain during the years surrounding the First World Wa...