1800
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A pier-head is a 1800 watercolor by Samuel Prout, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a rocky pier jutted into choppy water. A few people stand or sit on the wooden beams, some near a small boat tied up. The sky is pale, the waves crash against the shore, and the whole scene feels windswept. The artist used quick, sketchy brushstrokes to capture the rough textures of wood and stone. The light is soft, making the water and clouds blend into muted tones. Next, look up Romanticism to see how artists used nature and emotion in their work.
A watercolour by Samuel Prout depicts a pier at low tide, with hills visible in the background.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Samuel Prout (; 17 September 1783 – 10 February 1852) was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting, who largely invented the genre of the grand steet scene in British…
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