Caulking seams, other repairs
Bretagnie
(C) Droits réservés
Crédit photographique :
(C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Période :
20e siècle
Date :
1912
Localisation :
Paris, musée d'Orsay
Crédit photographique :
(C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Période :
20e siècle
Date :
1912
Localisation :
Paris, musée d'Orsay
Charles Augustin Lhermitte, French, (1881-1945) was the son of the realist painter Lèon Lhermitte (1844-1925) and worked in photography for about twenty years, stopping in the 1920s.
Although a member of the pictorialist movement, he remained somewhat of a novice to the technique, and was probably influenced more by naturalism, which he inherited from his father, than by symbolism and impressionism. His work is generally characterized by a clear definition rather than the soft focus. (courtesy Wikipedia)
I found this archive and several others via a facebook friend, Pierre-Yves Decosse. Pierre seems to share my love of maritime history and particularly the smaller inshore craft of the local fisherman. The portion of the L'Hermitte archive presented here is minuscule, the archive runs to 500 images.
Douarnenez is still an active fishing port and host to a traditional maritime festival every other
year.
Thanks to the folks at RMN
7 comments:
What were they doing? Looks like smoke. That is one heck of a tide there, too.
Beautiful set!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful set!!!!!!!!!!
I think they were burning off the bottom growth. Or maybe warming the bottom for a coat of tar.
Russ, yes, it has to do with tar and caulking.
Thanks for the L'Hermitage photos. Sadly, the days of careening on public hards are just about gone in all major countries now. Probably contravene Health & Safety regs and make you liable to litigation from idiots who come too close when you're working.
Mike K-H
I've been through the Raz - drifting with motor on and my crew in the bows in almost dead calm. Scary even then. S
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