03 — ARTWORK
Before a Thunderstorm
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 85 x 117 cm
- TYPE
- Landscape
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Before a Thunderstorm 1791 Oil on canvasA woven cloth used as a support for painting. The best-quality canvas is made of linen; other materials used are cotton, hemp, and jute. It is now so familiar a material that the word 'canvas' has become almost a synonym for an oil painting, but it was not until around 1500 that it began to rival the wooden panel (which was more expensive and took longer to prepare) as the standard support for movable paintings (the transition came later in Northern Europe than in Italy). Canvas is not suitable for painting on until it has been coated with a ground, which isolates the fabric from the paint; otherwise it will absorb too much paint, only very rough effects will be obtainable, and parts of the fabric may be rotted by the pigments. It must also be made taut on a stretcher or by some other means., 85 x 117 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Morland, an older contemporary of Turner and Constable, represents the previous stage in the development of English landscape art, for which the main reference point in the 18th century was the Dutch tradition associated with names such as Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema. On British soil their landscapes lost only dramatic effect, becoming brighter and more sentimental in mood.
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