ID: 700001867 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001867	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

A wet day on a wild coast (watercolor (painting); William Mathew Hodgkins (New Zealand painter, 1833-1898); 1894; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; 1994-0004-1)

Note: The young colony might want for masterpieces by Turner or any other artist, but Hodgkins argued that New Zealand was 'a land absolutely teeming with artistic subjects of the most varied kind.' "A wet day on a wild coast" shows Hodgkins' application of the Turneresque sketch — a small, rapidly executed watercolour, painted out of doors — to one such subject. In closely harmonised tones of blue, green and brown, with fluid washes and lively brushwork, Hodgkins addresses himself to the changing conditions of weather and water. If such sketches retain a freshness and immediacy appealing to modern eyes, they were only one side of Hodgkins' work. The other — a style he shared with contemporaries including JC Richmond and John Gully — was larger and more elaborately executed 'exhibition pictures.' In both aspects Hodgkins was mindful of what he saw as the mission of the landscape painter: 'to make us acquainted with of the beautiful places on God's earth, and so render us more grateful to Him.' (William McAloon, 2009)

Titles:

A wet day on a wild coast (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

watercolor (painting) [300078925] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1894

Creator Display:

William Mathew Hodgkins (New Zealand painter, 1833-1898) [preferred,VP]

painter Hodgkins, William Mathew (New Zealand painter, 1833-1898) [500070567]

Locations:

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1994-0004-1

Credit Line: Purchased 1994 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Creation: Dunedin [7001792] Otago (region (administrative division)), New Zealand (nation), Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: watercolor

	watercolor (paint) [300015045]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: Image: 225 (Height) x 385 (Width) mm; Support: 282 (Height) x 397 (Width) mm

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	beach [300008816]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial), shores (landforms)) (AAT)

	birds (animals) [300266506]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum)) (AAT)

	rain [300055377]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, <weather and related phenomena>, precipitation) (AAT)

	clouds [300343840]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, earth features) (AAT)

	sea [300008694]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
A wet day on a wild coast	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=49395; accessed 23 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=49395; accessed 23 August 2012