Skip to content

Home
Search
Your album
Learn more

Images

Château de Lourdes

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts | CC0 1.0

Start Zooming Stop Zooming

Current search
Add To Album

Date

July 11, 1836

Artist

William Callow (1812-1908)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/771718

Description

On June 6, 1836, the twenty-four year old Callow set out from Paris on a two-month walking tour. By early July, he reached the Hautes Pyrénées, and would spend three days around Lourdes, reveling in the wild mountain scenery–at that time, the small town was dominated by a medieval fortress and not yet associated with miraculous healing. Copley Fielding had encouraged Callow’s early talent for watercolor in London and, after the young artist moved to Paris in 1829 to work for Newton Fielding, he became friends with Thomas Shotter Boys and developed a style indebted to Richard Parkes Bonington. This sketch, made on site, demonstrates the artist’s early style characterized by calligraphic lines and luminous washes. Medium: watercolor over graphite, white heightening.

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Chateau Fort de Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrenees, France

Country

Tags

Forts
Hills
Townscapes

Category

Buildings & Architecture

Glossary
Search tips

© 2024 Watercolour World | Technology by The Museum Platform

© 2024 Watercolour World | Technology by The Museum Platform