Coast scene

James Webb (1825-1895) was a marine and landscape painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, the New Watercolour Society, the Grosvenor Gallery and the British Institution amongst other places between the years 1853 and 1888. He was a well-travelled artist, painting coastal scenes not only in parts of England and Wales, but also in Holland, Belgium and France and parts of the Rhine. He also travelled around the Mediterranean, using noticeably brighter colours than when he painted in Northern Europe. His travels took him as far as Constantinople, the waterfront of which he also painted. Webb painted in a robust, naturalistic style. His father was artist Archibald Webb, who too specialised in seascapes.