Arts and Design

The Great British Art Tour: a different perspective on a net browser


With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Guildhall Art Gallery’s The Net Mender by Marianne Stokes

A woman sits in a simple, sparse room, mending a fishing net. The simplicity of the scene is reflected in the painting’s clarity and restraint; the translucence of the net showcases the artist’s skill and delicacy of her approach. The intimate and inconspicuous picture from the beginning of the 20th century stands out among the vividly coloured and impressionistic style of many contemporaneous paintings. It is understated and unassuming in both subject and style – and yet it says so much.

Marianne Stokes (née Preindlsberger) was one of the leading female artists in Victorian England. Born in Austria, she married the English painter Adrian Scott Stokes in 1884 and the couple travelled widely throughout Europe. This picture was probably painted after a visit to the Netherlands in 1900, when Marianne made studies of villagers and their daily lives.

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