1840
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Landscape with River and Ruined Tower is a 1840 watercolor by William James Müller, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a lone tree on a hill. Below it, a river winds through a flat, distant land. The sky is pale with a few clouds. The colors are soft and muted, like old paper. The ruined tower in the background looks crumbling and half-buried. It’s just a small shape, but it adds a quiet mystery to the scene. If you like this kind of dreamy, slightly eerie landscape, look up Romanticism.
The watercolour *Landscape with River and Ruined Tower* by William Muller, dated 1840, depicts a riverside scene featuring a ruined tower and is signed by the artist.
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William James Müller (28 June 1812 – 8 September 1845), also spelt Muller, was a British landscape and figure painter, the best-known artist of the Bristol School.
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