1841
oil
panel
From the collection of Kimbell Art Museum
Glaucus and Scylla is a 1841 oil by Joseph Mallord William Turner, a British Romanticism work, held at Kimbell Art Museum.
This painting depicts a dramatic scene with a large rock formation in the background and a body of water in the foreground. The colors are muted, with shades of brown, yellow, and gray dominating the palette. In the foreground, there are several figures, including a woman with long hair and a man with a beard. They appear to be in motion, with the woman reaching out towards the man. The background is dominated by the rock formation, which rises up from the water like a giant pillar. The painting's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and drama, drawing the viewer's eye into the scene. To learn more about this technique, look up "chiaroscuro".
Glaucus and Scylla is an 1841 oil painting by the English artist J.M.W. Turner. Entering the last decade of his career, Turner was a pillar of the British romantic movement, while experimenting increasingly in abstract compositions. This painting in inspired by a classical story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses in which the ocean-dwelling Glaucus is thwarted in his desire for the beautiful nymph Scylla by the jealous Circe who transforms him into a sea monster to scare her. As often with Turner he combines a classical scene with Romanticism. It was the pendant piece to his painting Dawn of…
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Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775 at Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, where his father kept a barber and wig-making shop.
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