Figures beside a waterfall and pool in a wooded landscape
John Varley British
Not on view
As a founding member of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, Varley profoundly influenced the medium's development in nineteenth-century Britain. He elevated its status at exhibitions and, as a popular teacher and the author of widely read instructional manuals, influenced hundreds of students. This work is executed mostly in monochrome with a few touches of color, and offers a rare glimpse of Varley's early style—which became codified and sometimes repetitive at mid-career. Fluid strokes and layers of tone are here applied to describe trees and rocks, with figures treated in a summary manner.
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