1890
oil
canvas
From the collection of Ashmolean Museum
The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso is a 1890 oil by Edward Lear, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Ashmolean Museum.
This painting shows a landscape of mountains and valleys. The mountains are dark and steep, with trees and bushes on their slopes. In the distance, you can see a flat plain with a few buildings. The sky is pale yellow and hazy. The painting is very detailed, with lots of texture and shading. You can see the roughness of the rocks and the softness of the trees. The colors are muted, with lots of browns and greens. If you like this painting, you might also like the work of Edward Lear.
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised but which term he never used.
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