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Mountains with Clouds

John Ruskin
1819-1900

Mountains with Clouds

6 7/16 x 11 1/16 inches (163 x 281 mm)
Watercolor on laid paper.
2009.277

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Notes
John Ruskin, one of the most influential art critics and theorists of the nineteenth century, was also a highly skilled landscape painter. This watercolor features a mountain shrouded in snow and clouds, with a small window of blue sky shining through. Ruskin produced many watercolors of Alpine rocks and peaks between 1844 and 1849, writing: "The hills are as clear as crystal, more lovely, I think, every day, and I don't know how to leave off looking at them." (Robert Hewison, Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites. London, 2000, p. 149).
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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Department