All About Bronze Ballet by Edward Wadsworth
Title of Artwork: “Bronze Ballet”
Artwork by Edward Wadsworth
Year Created 1940
Summary of Bronze Ballet
This image is based on the port city of Le Havre, France, which is located in northern France. Its appearance of tranquilly hides a nagging sense of worry. Maresfield, Sussex, where Wadsworth could hear the Germans bombarding French ports as they closed in on the British at Dunkirk, was the location where Wadsworth painted it in May 1940.
Paintings like this one by Wadsworth are common throughout his work. Attributing life to inanimate objects was something he was fascinated with. Propellers aboard ships in the harbour convey movement and hint at the purpose they will serve beyond the lip of the bay.
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