1830
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A View in the Basses Alpes. is a 1830 watercolor by Joseph Mallord William Turner, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a mountain landscape with a river running through it. The mountains are tall and rocky, with trees and bushes growing on their slopes. The river is calm and peaceful, reflecting the beauty of the surrounding landscape. The painting is done in watercolour, with soft, blended colours that give it a dreamy, ethereal quality. The artist has used a range of blues and greens to capture the misty, atmospheric effect of the mountains. If you like this painting, you might also want to check out other works by the artist, Turner, Joseph Mallord William.
A watercolour by Joseph Mallord William Turner from around 1830 depicts a mountain landscape at Sisteron. On the left side of the composition, a settlement is positioned at the base of the mountain, while a bridge spans the narrow gap between two mountain ridges. The work entered the collection in 1973 through a bequest from Dr Laurence Powell, following its prior ownership by Herbert Powell.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775 at Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, where his father kept a barber and wig-making shop.
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