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Cloud Study

1800s

Anonymous

Culture
England, 19th century
Medium
watercolor
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1980.112
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Many English watercolorists of the period were especially interested in capturing natural effects of the landscape, such as cloud formations. Such studies were of particular interest to the French Impressionists.
A horizontally oriented watercolor painting depicts a sky filled with layered washes. Muted blue and gray clouds form a large, rounded mass on the right, while horizontal streaks of reddish-orange and pale yellow glow across the lower center. Light cream paper shows through translucent layers, creating luminous breaks between darker forms. Small, dark blue marks punctuate the middle distance within the expansive, atmospheric display of light and shadow.

Cloud Study

1800s

Anonymous

England, 19th century

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