Artist

Johann Wilhelm Lindlar

Johann Wilhelm Lindlar is a German Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Johann Wilhelm Lindlar painted the kind of quiet chaos you see when a creek turns into a roar, foam and fury bottled in oil. He spent years camping in the Eifel hills, chasing the exact second a waterfall’s mist catches the light. That’s why his 1860 A Mountain Torrent feels alive; the brush is as restless as the stream it depicts.

If you’ve ever stood on a bridge and felt the air shiver, tap this painting and you’ll recognize the shudder.

Works by Johann Wilhelm Lindlar

Collections represented

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