Part of the Fine Arts Court
1851
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1851
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Part of the Fine Arts Court is a 1851 watercolor by J Michael, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour is titled Part of the Fine Arts Court. It was created by artist Michael, J in 1851. The painting is related to the Great Exhibition of 1851, a significant event that showcased manufactured products from around the world. This event was a major milestone, attracting millions of visitors. To learn more about the style and context of this work, look up the movement: Realism.
The watercolour depicts the Fine Arts Court from the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. It shows a display of secular and religious virtuoso carvings, centered around a neo-Gothic ornamental font attributed to J. Castle of Oxford, with mounted jug-shaped vases by Egisippo Norchi of London flanking a Crucifixion scene. The scene was later reproduced as a colour lithograph in *Recollections of the Great Exhibition*, a contemporary souvenir guide. Proceeds from the exhibition supported the establishment of cultural institutions in South Kensington, including the…
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J Michael kept a studio above a hat shop on London’s Strand, where the smell of felt and turpentine mixed with the river’s salt.
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