Peter Cosgrave

Peter Cosgrave Peter Cosgrave Artist Sculptor NCAD Dublin. Fulbright scholar lives in Western Australia. Studio open by appointment or [email protected]

16/08/2026
11/04/2026

To the moon and back 🌖 🌍

🌙 Julius Olsson was best known for his delicate renderings of nighttime seascapes, captured off the northwest coast of Cornwall. Just out of frame, the moon delicately illuminates the scattered clouds in this painting. A pool of light is cast upon the ocean in the background, whilst in the foreground we see the moonlight catching the surf of the quietly breaking waves.

Olsson had a striking ability to render the shifting motion and colour of the sea on canvas. He said, 'for one whose heart draws him to the sea must have an exceptionally retentive memory, and be able to grasp in a few moments the effect of the ever-changing movements of the sea and sky.’

🌊 Julius Olsson, Moonlit Shore, first exhibited in 1911 at the Royal Academy. Tate Collection

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