Artwork
Trout Stream, near Capel Curig
Trout Stream, near Capel Curig is a watercolor work on paper by Thomas Danby. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Trout Stream, near Capel Curig is a watercolour painting by Thomas Danby, a British landscape artist active in the 19th century.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene river scene with a lone figure standing in the shallow water, surrounded by rocks, with rolling hills and distant mountains fading into the sky.
Technique & Style
Danby employed light watercolour washes to achieve a soft, blended effect in the hills and sky, while the figure in the foreground is rendered in a more subdued manner, becoming almost lost in the landscape.
History & Provenance
The work is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection. Thomas Danby was influenced by his father, Francis Danby, and by the works of Claude Lorrain, which he studied while in Paris.
Artist & collection
Artist
Thomas Danby (c. 1818 – 25 March 1886) was a British landscape painter. Danby was born, it is thought, in Bristol in south-west England, the younger son of Francis Danby (1793-1861). He had an elder brother, James…
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