The Ferry (circa 1920-1911) by E. Phillips Fox–an Australian impressionist artist–had more figures in his original artwork than my copy here. In the original artwork by E. Phillips Fox there was a woman and a female child on the left-hand side and a male, perhaps a ticket-master behind the male on the right in the ferry. While painting the copy I couldn’t see where everyone would sit in the ferry so I added the bench between the people on the ferry and the oarsman/puntsman.

The Ferry

Title: The ferry (circa 1910-circa 1911)
Artist: E Phillips Fox – Australia, France
12 March 1865 – 08 October 1915

E Phillips Fox, one of a generation of late 19th-century Australian expatriates in Europe, is renowned for his cosmopolitan and superbly coloured images painted in Paris.

‘The ferry’ is the artist’s masterpiece. It was developed from rapid sketches that Fox painted outdoors at Trouville, a favourite beach resort in the north of France, and was completed in his Paris studio the following winter. Fox positions the viewer as if peering down to the elegant boating
party and immerses us in a sumptuous, genteel world of vibrant colours, luscious fabric textures and warm summer atmosphere.

Originally exhibited in Paris and London, ‘The ferry also influenced a younger generation of Australian modernist artists when it was exhibited in Sydney in 1913.

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