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A beach seascape with a resort building, Le Croisic. This view was previously titled 'Seafront, Le Croisic' where Everett did a large number of sea studies in oil but apparently none of the historic town (on the southern point of Quiberon Bay, l
1921
National Maritime Museum

Le Croisic. A dramatic sketch of waves breaking on the shore at Le Croisic, using colour to create the effect. The waves break in a horizontal band across the foreground, and, using short brush strokes, Everett has painted them as thick patches of colour,
1921
National Maritime Museum

Le Croisic. A rapid sketch using colour to dramatize the relationship between sea and sky. The dark grey waves are raised on the right and the sea is slashed with colour. The sky is painted purple with a strip of salmon pink on the horizon. On the left a
1921
National Maritime Museum

Le Croisic. A sketch showing breaking waves at Le Croisic, where he made a number of seascape studies. Here he used colour to convey the scene. The greenness of the sea forms a counterpoint to the white spray. A wave breaks on the left in and the spray on
1921
National Maritime Museum

Le Croisic. A sketch showing the relationship between sea and sky at Le Croisic. The sea in the foreground is shown breaking close to shore, with the crests of the waves indicated on the left with thick impasto paint. The sky, which occupies two thirds of
1921
National Maritime Museum

Le Croisic. A sketch showing waves breaking close to shore at Le Croisic. Everett has used colour and form to convey a tranquil seascape. He has shown the rhythm of the waves and the relationship between sea and sky, both bathed in a lemon light. The dark
1921
National Maritime Museum

Le Croisic. A sketch showing waves breaking waves close to shore at Le Croisic, where he made a number of seascape studies. The slate-grey tones of the sky are broken up with a yellow horizontal band streaked with red, to indicate the sun. By contrast the
1921
National Maritime Museum

Seascape from Le Croisic. A seascape at Le Croisic, showing the sun setting behind clouds over the sea. During December 1921 Everett stayed at the Fort de L'Ocean hotel, Le Croisic, near Saint-Nazaire, in the Loire-Atlantique. The hotel was positione
1921
National Maritime Museum

Seascape, Le Croisic. A seascape showing a calm sea, made while Everett was staying at Le Croisic, France. It concentrates on the effects of light created by the setting sun on the sky and also by reflection on the sea. The sketch shows waves breaking clo
1921
National Maritime Museum

Seascape, Le Croisic. A sketch showing the view from the rocks near the water's edge at Le Croisic, France. There are rocks on the left and right and on the water. In the middle distance on the left is the profile of a sailing boat. The setting sun g
1921
National Maritime Museum

Seascape, Le Croisic. Everett stayed at the hotel Fort de L'Océan, in Le Croisic (near Saint-Nazaire, in the Loire-Atlantique), in December 1921. This is one of a number of seascape studies he made there. It looks north across Quiberon Bay and
1921
National Maritime Museum

Seascape, Le Croisic. This is one of a number of studies Everett made while he was staying in Le Croisic (near Saint-Nazaire, in the Loire-Atlantic) in December 1921. Flat rock spurs like this with small buildings above the high water mark, scattered alon
1921
National Maritime Museum

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, 1874-1922. A half-length, head-and-shoulders portrait facing to the right. The sitter wears a brown suit, waistcoat, white shirt and dark tie, and looks forwards to meet the gaze of the viewer. Born in Ireland, Shackleton wa
1921
National Maritime Museum

The 'Castle Holme' in Surrey Commercial Dock. A painting showing two barques, the 'Castle Holme' and the 'Endymion', moored on the River Thames at Limehouse Docks, London. The 'Castle Holme' is shown port bow view a
1921
National Maritime Museum

The 'Cutty Sark' and a Tug. A painting showing the 'Cutty Sark', from fine off the starboard bow on the right, and a tug in stern view on the left in the foreground. The 'Cutty Sark' is shown in full sail riding on the crest
1921
National Maritime Museum