View of Lambeth Palace on Thames
1820s
David Cox captures the moody atmosphere of the Thames in the 1820s, proving that dramatic cloudy skies were a British obsession long before the French Impressionists claimed them. The massive brick walls of Lambeth Palace loom over the water, their reflections rippling beneath a passing barge. Cox used loose, expressive strokes to show how light and weather constantly transform familiar London landmarks. His ability to capture these fleeting effects of nature actually paved the way for the Impressionist movement that would explode later in the century.
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