The White Cloud

The White Cloud

Samuel Palmer

1833

oil

From the collection of Ashmolean Museum

About this work

This painting shows a landscape with a large white cloud in the sky. The cloud is puffy and takes up most of the top half of the painting. Below the cloud, there are some trees and bushes on a hillside. In the foreground, there are some people working in a field. The painting is done in oil paint and has a lot of texture to it. The colors are mostly earthy tones like brown and green, with the white cloud standing out against the darker colors. If you like this painting, you might also want to check out the work of the artist Samuel Palmer.

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