1828
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A country road leading towards a church is a 1828 watercolor by Samuel Palmer, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a winding road under a dark, tangled sky. The path leads to a small church with a tall spire, half-hidden by trees. The colors are mostly black, white, and gray, with quick, sketchy brushstrokes that make everything look moody and alive. Notice how the church’s spire cuts through the clouds like a sharp line. The artist used loose, almost nervous strokes to show the rough texture of the sky and trees. If you like this style, look up Romanticism.
A landscape drawing by Samuel Palmer from 1828 depicts a wooded path leading to a church with a spire in the background. In the foreground, a shepherd rests while his sheep graze on the road and its banks. The work was previously owned by A. H. Palmer and Sir Frank Short, who lent it to exhibitions in 1926 and 1957. It is also catalogued in G. Grigson’s 1947 publication on Palmer’s early work.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Samuel Palmer Hon.RE (Hon. Fellow of the Society of Painter-Etchers) (27 January 1805 – 24 May 1881) was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in…
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