The Golden Temple at Amritsar
1854
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1854
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Golden Temple at Amritsar is a 1854 paint by William Carpenter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
William Carpenter painted *The Golden Temple at Amritsar* around 1854. He left England in 1850 and spent years in India. This work blends European styles with scenes he saw there. Carpenter wore local dress while painting. He often focused on rulers and landscapes. The mix of impression and realism shows his time abroad. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts a general view northward of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, showing part of the causeway and dwellings across the sacred tank. The temple, the spiritual center of Sikhism, was originally constructed in the late 16th century by Guru Arjan Singh and later renovated or rebuilt in the early 19th century by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The artwork was created by William Carpenter, who traveled extensively in India during the 1850s. It was purchased by a museum in 1888 from Carpenter for £500.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Carpenter (1818–1899) was an English watercolour artist. He travelled for six or seven years in the 1850s painting scenes of India, its people and its life. The Victoria and Albert Museum bought over 280 of his…
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