View of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau in the Pyrenees
| View of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau in the Pyrenees | |
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| Artist | Clarkson Stanfield |
| Year | 1854 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 213.2 cm × 152.3 cm (83.9 in × 60.0 in) |
| Location | Royal Holloway College, Surrey |
View of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau in the Pyrenees is an 1854 landscape painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield.[1] It depicts a view of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau in the Pyrenees. In the foreground are a group of brigands who are completely dominated by the scale of the mountain behind them.[2]
Stanfield, who had first made his name as a scenic designer at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was one of the leading British romantic painters, known for his seascapes in particular. A friend of Turner and Charles Dickens, he was by this point a veteran British artist. He displayed the picture at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1854 at the National Gallery in London.[3] Acquired by the art collector Thomas Holloway for 2,550 guineas in 1881, the painting now belongs to Royal Holloway and hangs in its campus in Surrey.[4]
References
- ^ Chappel p.24
- ^ Van der Merwe & Took p.165
- ^ Van der Merwe & Took p.165
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/view-of-the-pic-du-midi-dossau-in-the-pyrenees-with-brigands-12618
Bibliography
- Chappel, Jeannie. Victorian Taste: The Complete Catalogue of Paintings at the Royal Holloway College. A. Zwemmer, 1982.
- Van der Merwe, Pieter & Took, Roger. The Spectacular career of Clarkson Stanfield. Tyne and Wear County Council Museums, 1979.
- Wright, Christopher, Gordon, Catherine May & Smith, Mary Peskett. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press, 2006.
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