1853
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Sketch to illustrate the Passions: Idleness is a 1853 watercolor by Richard Dadd, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting depicts a group of people gathered in a lively scene. A woman sits at the center, wearing a headscarf and holding a basket adorned with hearts and flowers. To her right, a man sits on a wall, dressed in a tall hat and holding a curved scythe. Behind them, a young boy stands on a bench, reaching up with his right hand. At the bottom of the image, another boy sits on the ground, holding a fan. The scene is set against a backdrop of a brick building, with a sign reading "Jolly Beggars" visible in the top-right corner. The artist's use of watercolor creates a sense of movement and energy in the scene. The Impressionism movement is characterized by its emphasis on capturing light and color, often using short, broken brushstrokes and vivid, unblended colors.
A watercolour drawing by Richard Dadd from 1853 depicts the Passion of Idleness.
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Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes, rendered with obsessively minuscule detail.
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