A High Tide at Atlantic City
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Already established as a landscape painter in oils, William Trost Richards began working in watercolor in earnest about 1870 and over the next decade was widely regarded as one of America’s best watercolorists. This turn to the medium coincided with a new focus on coastal subjects—watercolor was particularly well suited both to sketching outdoors and to capturing the constantly shifting climatic conditions at the water’s edge. He generally used an additive technique: laying down transparent washes of color and then applying touches of more opaque paints to create body and texture.
Caption
William Trost Richards American, 1833–1905. A High Tide at Atlantic City, 1873. Opaque watercolor with touches of translucent watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper, 8 7/16 x 13 15/16 in. (21.4 x 35.4 cm) Frame: 16 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (41.6 x 54 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg, 86.142. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.142_SL3.jpg)
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Title
A High Tide at Atlantic City
Date
1873
Medium
Opaque watercolor with touches of translucent watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
8 7/16 x 13 15/16 in. (21.4 x 35.4 cm) Frame: 16 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (41.6 x 54 x 3.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed and dated lower left: "W. T. Richards 1873"
Credit Line
Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg
Accession Number
86.142
Rights
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