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In the Alps

c. 1847–1906

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

(British, 1821–1906)
Culture
England, 19th century
Medium
watercolor
Credit Line
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.549
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Brabazon, the son of landed gentry, was a self-taught amateur who dedicated himself to watercolor. He lived on his family’s estates in Sussex and made annual trips to the Continent, particularly the Swiss Alps and the Mediterranean. Brabazon was a friend of John Ruskin (also in this gallery), and the two artists traveled and painted together in northern France in 1880. During the last decades of the 19th century, Brabazon’s strikingly modern watercolors, characterized by mere suggestions of mountains, sky, and water, became known and admired among a younger circle of artists.
A horizontally oriented watercolor depicts a blurred mountain landscape with watery brushwork. In the lower third, a tan expanse features patches of stippled dots. Dark blue and gray mountains with soft edges dominate the middle ground, while white and peach-colored clouds plume into a pale blue and beige sky in the upper third. Faint initials, 'A.B.B.', are visible in the lower left corner.

In the Alps

c. 1847–1906

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

(British, 1821–1906)
England, 19th century

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