Welsh ShepherdsDavid Cox The Elder · 1841
Romanticism
1841
25.0 x 27.0 cm
David Cox The Elder (1783 – 1859)
David Cox (1783-1859) was a pivotal English landscape painter of the Birmingham School, renowned for his emotive watercolours & later oil paintings. A precursor to Impressionism, he captured British countryside with broad brushstrokes and atmospheric
About this artwork
- Title: Welsh Shepherds
- Artist: David Cox The Elder
- Year: 1841
- Original dimensions: 25.0 x 27.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Inventory number: 1885P2513
- Corpus context: cox's landscape mastery, exploring human scale
- Main color: Walnut
Questions & Answers
Where in David Cox The Elder's career does "Welsh Shepherds" fall, given its date?
Given its 1841 date, "Welsh Shepherds" falls in David Cox The Elder's Mature Period.
Where does "Welsh Shepherds" stand among David Cox The Elder's recurring subjects?
Among David Cox The Elder's recorded themes - romantic nature's power, british pastoral tradition, rural labor & life", connection to land, evokes melancholy mood, cox's landscape mastery, early victorian vision, exploring human scale - "Welsh Shepherds" brings its own focus on rural landscape, shepherd, sheep flock, pastoral scene, british countryside, romanticism, hillside terrain, overcast sky.
What is the perceived brightness of "Welsh Shepherds" by David Cox The Elder?
The perceived brightness of "Welsh Shepherds" by David Cox The Elder is balanced. It can be matched to the light of the intended space.