1850
gouache
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Cornish Tin Mine is a 1850 gouache by Oswald Sickert, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting is called A Cornish Tin Mine. It's a landscape from the late 19th century. The artist, Oswald Sickert, used gouache to create it, which is a technique that involves using opaque watercolors, often to achieve bold and vibrant effects, and it's interesting because gouache was not as commonly used for landscapes as other mediums were, so this painting stands out for its use of this technique. You can learn more about this technique by looking up gouache.
A gouache painting by Oswald Sickert from 1850 depicts a Cornish tin mine and is signed by the artist.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Oswald Adalbert Sickert was a Danish artist. His landscape paintings are primarily of the dramatic genre, and his engravings are from the English school.
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
