Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight (1799)
Joseph Mallord William Turner1799 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1851)
Specifications
- Year
- 1799
- Nationality / school
- English
- Lifespan
- 1775–1851
About the artwork
Dated 1799, "Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight" is an artwork by Joseph Mallord William Turner. It is listed in the Landscape collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Background on Landscape: Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place. The invention of paint in tubes in the 1840s made it easier to work outdoors, and landscape became a main subject of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. About the period around 1799: In Japan, ukiyo-e woodblock printing flourished in the Edo period and made colour prints a popular and affordable art form. The Enlightenment and the habit of the Grand Tour fed a wider interest in science, travel, antiquity, and natural history, and illustrators accompanied many expeditions.
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About the artist
English, 1775–1851
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