Landscape
1849
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1849
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Landscape is a 1849 watercolor by George Arthur Fripp, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet countryside scene with a small stream and a rickety wooden bridge. A lone figure stands on the bridge, looking toward a big, twisted tree. In the distance, a few cows graze in a field under a sky full of soft, fluffy clouds. The brushstrokes are loose and light, giving the scene a dreamy feel. The artist used watercolor, which lets the paper show through for a delicate look. Look up *Romanticism* next to see how this style often focused on nature and emotion.
A watercolour landscape painting signed and dated by George Arthur Fripp from 1849.
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Born in the early 1800s, George Arthur Fripp made detailed watercolours of the English countryside.
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