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james harris senior
James Harris Senior (1810 – 1887): A Welsh Master of Maritime Romanticism James Harris Senior was a prolific Welsh marine artist who achieved considerable renown during the Victorian era, primarily celebrated for his dramatic depictions of stormy seas and heroic ship battles. Born in Llanelly, Glamorgan, around 1810, he possessed an innate fascination with the ocean—a passion that would profoundly shape his artistic vision and propel him to become one of Wales’s most respected painters. His formative years were marked by exposure to Welsh Romanticism, a movement characterized by its emphasis…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of james harris senior's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
