Fishing boats in a fresh breeze, evening
Despite being Dutch and producing work heavily indebted to the Dutch masters, Hulk is normally included in the British School since he lived in London for 27 years. During that period he exhibited three works at the Royal Academy. Hulk is mainly noted for his Dutch estuary scenes. The painting shows an influence of the Dutch masters in Hulk's placing of boats at a variety of points between the foreground and the horizon to create an illusion of space, and to lead the eye back towards the sunset. In this work Hulk has also paid great attention to the sky in closely studying its change in colour and the light effects on the clouds. Having lived for almost three decades in England he would no doubt have been influenced by the strong depiction of skyscrapers typical of the British School.
