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A View from Moel Cynwich: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris

Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 1.0

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Date

c. 1850

Artist

William Turner (1789-1862)

Collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Image Link

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/2010.147

Description

As a young man, Turner removed himself from the competitive London art world and returned to his native Oxford to teach and paint in solitude. This retreat may have been because he shared the same name as his contemporary Joseph Mallord William Turner, or it may have been prompted by his apparently retiring personality. He painted prolifically and traveled widely in Britain in search of subjects. This watercolor describes the dramatic mountain scenery of north Wales. The close-up view of the hillside and sheep in the left foreground juxtaposed with the sweeping vista of the mountains of Snowdonia invites a comparison of the minute with the infinite.
Medium: watercolor with scratch-away, heightened with white
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accesion Number: 2010.147

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Location

Afon Mawddach, Wales

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Hills
Mountains
Rivers
Valleys

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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