Artist
William SBA West
William SBA West is an Orientalism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
William SBA West painted watercolours of exotic places between 1825 and 1847. Two of his works here are set in North Africa: “Oriental Capriccio: Ruined Temple on the Nile” and “Oriental Capriccio, with water, boats and buildings,” both busy scenes with boats and buildings. His lone European picture is the mountain pass in Norway, painted in 1847. See how he layered fine brushstrokes for distance in “Mountain pass, Norway.” Want to step inside one of those boats? Tap “Oriental Capriccio, with water, boats and buildings.”
Works by William SBA West
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.