A Brush with Nature: Romantic Landscape Drawings
Mount Snowdon through Clearing Clouds (detail), 1857, Alfred William Hunt. Brush and watercolor. Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Disegno Group
Artists in the Romantic period found endless inspiration in the beauty and power of nature. This exhibition highlights how these artists depicted the landscape, from detailed botanical studies to vast vistas. Important Romantic motifs are explored, including the melancholic appeal of ruins and the threat of destructive natural forces. Drawing upon the strengths of the Getty collection, the exhibition features works by important figures in the movement including Caspar David Friedrich, J.M.W Turner, and Théodore Géricault.
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Selected Works
Mount Snowdon through Clearing Clouds
1857, Alfred William Hunt. Brush and watercolor. Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Disegno Group
Waterfall in the Mountains by Moonlight
About 1800, Franz Innocenz Kobell. Pen and brown ink, watercolor with opaque watercolor, over graphite. Getty Museum
Landscape with Ruins
1772, Hubert Robert. Pen and brown ink and brush with brown and blue wash over black chalk. Getty Museum
Large Butterbur Leaves and Grass
About 1825-29, Gilles-François-Joseph Closson. Oil paint on paper. Getty Museum
Sailboat on a Raging Sea
About 1818-19, Théodore Géricault. Brush and brown wash, blue watercolor, and opaque watercolor on brown paper. Getty Museum
View of a Valley in Normandy
About 1825-30, Paul Huet. Watercolor. Getty Museum
Longships Lighthouse, Land’s End
About 1834–35, Joseph Mallord William Turner. Watercolor and opaque watercolor. Getty Museum
Poppy
About 1800–1803, Philipp Otto Runge. Silhouette cut from white paper mounted to blue paper. Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Disegno Group
