Landscape with Willows
Thomas Creswick
(circa) 1835
Oil on canvas
76 x 63 mm
In the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, UK.
An early example of a Creswick landscape made up almost entirely of arboreal imagery, with only limited signs of human engagement with nature in the form of a tiny figure and even smaller buildings. The painting exemplifies Constable’s influence and the darkness of Dutch masters; Creswick went on to lighten his palette and extend his chromatic range.
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