1884
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bridge with Mountains in the Distance (Ventimiglia) is a 1884 graphite by Edward Lear, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet river with a stone bridge crossing it. The bridge has three rounded arches, and the water below is calm. Behind it, a hillside rises with old ruins—crumbling walls and a tall church spire poking up. The artist used soft gray tones and loose lines, almost like a quick sketch. The mountains in the far distance are just faint shapes, barely there. If you like this style, look up Realism next.
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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