The Art History Mystery Challenge No. 25 John Brett - Spring Tide

The Art History Mystery Challenge

Welcome to our totally disorganized art museum! The challenge is to help us identify all the masterworks in our virtual museum. We'll post a piece of the painting and one clue to get you started. Can you name the artist and the title of the painting?

Pieces of the painting and clues to the artist's identity will be added every 24 hours until we have a winner, then the next painting in our collection will be posted. Feel free to use any resources at your disposal to help in your search. Challenge winners will receive a shiny award badge that we will add below their profile image. You will retain this award until someone else wins the award.

The AHM Challenge is open to all forum members, not just ws oil painters, so join in and have some fun with us!

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Clue = Nationality - English

Clue = born in 1831

Clue = died in 1902

Spring Tide by John Brett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brett

Congratulations Callie! I think this one was really difficult. The canvas size seems really unusual.

Great job, Callie. I tried but neer came up with the right one.

Judy

Feels good to have that medal back! I've missed it
I came across this site during my search and bookmarked it to look at later:

http://marineoilpaintings.blogspot.com/search/label/Brett

I almost dismissed Brett because the paintings on the above site didn't seem like the style of our mystery painting. The death year made me take another look for Brett works.

The second one on the site you provided looks very unusual. Really barren.