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Description: | Nasmyth's landscapes were influenced by 17th century Dutch Masters. In the 17th century the physical geography of The Netherlands underwent enormous transformation. The reclamation of about two hundred thousand acres of land from inland sea, by means of a complex system of dikes and drainage, created a large area of land, punctuated by a grid like system of canals and waterways across the drained areas. The visual preoccupation with local landscape formations coincided with this first large-scale creation of land. Dutch painters depicted their fascination with the changing landscape in their works. Perhaps British landscape painters responded to similar dramatic changes; the innovations in transport such as canal systems and railways, the surge in industry and manufacturing, and the growing towns and cities in their work.
Oil painting showing a lake surrounded by mature green trees. Two figures are on a small boat with sails that is moored at the lake edge. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Inland water transport canals Canals Fine arts Countryside Landscape Oil painting Oil Paintings Georgian period Art collections | Temporal: | 1800 - 1831
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | NASMYTH; Patrick (1786 - 1831) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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