Artist

Kirk

Lyme Regis Harbour
Bridport
Lyme Regis; Front
Lyme Regis Bay

Kirk is an Impressionism artist. 13 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

This British artist left a small but vivid trail of watercolours, all painted around 1940. In them we see Dorset’s shoreline and rivers in spare, fresh washes: Lyme Regis Bay, Poole Harbour, Weymouth Sands. The same pockets of coast reappear, Weymouth, the Stour at Blandford, each sheet recording tide, light, and the plain geometry of piers and boats. Tap Weymouth Sands to step onto the same shingle you’re looking at.

Works by Kirk

Collections represented

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.