View in the St. Gotthard Pass, Switzerland (1842)
Joseph Mallord William Turner1842 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1851)
Specifications
- Year
- 1842
- Nationality / school
- English
- Lifespan
- 1775–1851
About the artwork
Dated 1842, "View in the St. Gotthard Pass, Switzerland" is an artwork by Joseph Mallord William Turner. It is listed in the Landscape collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Landscape, a short history: 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. Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting. Historical background, 1842: Landscape gained new prestige through groups such as the Barbizon painters in France and the Hudson River School in the United States, and by mid-century Realism turned to ordinary people and everyday labour. The invention of lithography around 1796 and its spread in these decades made printed images cheaper and more varied.
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About the artist
English, 1775–1851
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