1836
oil
canvas
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Torrent is a 1836 oil by Christian Ezdorf, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a wild, rocky river with a small wooden building on the left bank. The river is rushing down, with white water around the rocks. In the background, there are trees and a dark, cloudy sky. The painting is done in oil paint, with the artist using light and dark to create depth. If you like this painting, you might also want to look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
Johann Christian Michel Ezdorf or Etzdorf (1801–1851), a German landscape painter, was born at Pösneck, in the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.
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