Le Passeur

Artwork: Le Passeur (The Ferryman)

Artist: William Stott (1857–1900) was a painter born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

About: 1881

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Support: 1092 × 2153 mm

Framed: 1327 × 2384 × 98 mm (132.7 x 238.4 x 9.8 cm)

Location: Tate

Photography credit 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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“Le Passeur (The Ferryman) 1881 is an oil painting on canvas by the British painter William Stott. The painting depicts a rural scene with two young female figures in the foreground in contemporary dress. The girls have their backs to the viewer and appear to look across an expanse of water that stretches across the middle section of the canvas. A cluster of buildings borders the water in the background and is reflected in it along with the dusky sky. The stretch of water that mirrors the sky appears to glow in contrast with the duller colours of the buildings and foliage, and the girls’ dresses in blue and white seem to borrow some of this radiant effect.”(Source Tate)