An April Shower: A View from Binsey Ferry Near Oxford, Looking Towards Port Meadow and Godstow

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An April Shower: A View from Binsey Ferry Near Oxford, Looking Towards Port Meadow and Godstow

William TurnerLinkedCulture matchlcp-28d4d7c173c7

Date
1842
Medium
Watercolor over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper
Culture
United Kingdom
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
183043

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William Turner of Oxford belongs to the second generation of great English watercolorists, known for their Romantic obsession with nature as a source of values and for their belief in the cult of the picturesque. He tried to maintain the topographic specificity seen in works of earlier eras while elevating watercolor landscapes to the level of moral enhancement. This idea is illustrated here by the harmony of humans and animals; the importance of family is underscored by an arcing rainbow.

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Helen A. Regenstein Endowment

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