1800
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Hilly Landscape with Figures is a 1800 watercolor by David Cox, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a winding path through rolling hills with a few small figures walking. The sky is soft and cloudy, blending into distant hills. The colors are muted—greens, browns, and pale blues—with a sense of quiet movement. The brushstrokes are loose, almost sketchy, giving the scene a dreamy, unfinished feel. This style was common in watercolors of the time. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used nature to express emotion.
A watercolour by David Cox from 1800 presents a titled scene of a hilly landscape populated with figures.
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David Cox (29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859) was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism.
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