1839
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Papigno on the River Nar, Umbria is a 1839 watercolor by Samuel Palmer, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet village nestled between rocky hills and a winding river. Buildings with warm brown roofs cluster near a church with a tall tower. The sky is soft and pale, while the hills fade into blue mountains in the distance. Trees and bushes in the foreground add a touch of green. The artist used loose, sketchy brushstrokes to capture light and shadow, making the scene feel dreamy. This style was part of a bigger trend in art at the time. Look up Romanticism to see how artists used emotion and nature in their work.
A watercolour depicting a village situated on a hillside, encircled by distant mountains, was created in 1839 by Samuel Palmer. Previously held in the collection of Sir Frank Short, it was later loaned by him for the Samuel Palmer exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1926.
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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