1794
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Fall at Cladich is a 1794 watercolor by John White Abbott, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a wild, misty waterfall crashing down rocky cliffs. Trees cling to the sides, their branches tangled and damp. The water looks thick and frothy, spilling over the edges in a rush. The artist used soft, grayish blues and browns to show the dampness and movement. The waterfall’s spray blends into the foggy air, making it hard to see where one ends and the other begins. Next, look up Romanticism to see how artists used nature to show big emotions.
John White Abbott (13 May 1763 – 1851) was an English surgeon and apothecary in Exeter, remembered as a keen amateur painter in both watercolour and oils. His watercolours are close in style to those of his teacher, Francis Towne.
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