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A sketch showing the profile of the coastline of Fort de France, Martinique. Everett has captured the intensity of the sunset over the mountains in the centre of the image. He concentrates on the relationship between the powerful yellow sun and the dark silhouette of the mountains. The rising clouds dominate the left of the painting. They echo the profile of the mountains which form a dark silhouette free of detail. This simplistic structure of formalistic reductive shapes and blocks of colour creates an impression of surreal stillness. Everett visited Martinique in January 1929 during his first voyage on the 'Suzanne'. The ship lay at anchor off the town for 10 days which provided plenty of opportunity for capturing such views. It was the first time he had visited the tropics and he described it as ‘like another planet, and the people most interesting’.
Between November 1928 and January 1929 Everett sailed in her from Calais to Pointe a Pitre, Guadaloupe. While at Le Havre, Everett heard that the Danish barque was in Calais loading for Martinique and he decided to join her because he wanted another journey under sail. He praised the seamanship on board and said everything was done under sail. Once in Jamaica it took six weeks to unload, and he continued his journey on board SS 'Changuinola', owned by Elder and Fife. On his second journey in the 'Suzanne' in 1930, he sailed from Le Havre to Black River, Jamaica, in November, arriving at Black River on 16 December. Everett returned from the second voyage with 83 oils and 300 drawings. This was the last voyage Everett ever made in sailing ships.
Title
Martinique: Fort de France, from the 'Suzanne', 10 January 1929
Date
1929
Medium
oil on paper
Measurements
H 25.2 x W 35.7 cm
Accession number
BHC0039
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
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