Artwork
Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi
Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. It dates from 1812 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi is an etching created by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1812.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a mountain range stretching across the page, with small figures near trees and a riverbank in the foreground, evoking a sense of a wild and untamed landscape.
Technique & Style
Turner employed a technique allowing for uneven ink distribution, resulting in a hazy, distant effect on the mountains. The loose, quick lines and scribbly marks convey a sense of roughness and unfinishedness.
Context
The work is characteristic of Turner's use of etching to capture atmospheric effects, a technique that involves using acid to create fuzzy, expressive lines on a metal plate.
Artist & collection
Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775 at Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, where his father kept a barber and wig-making shop.
An Alpine Landscape with a Couple Seated by Trees Overlooking a Valley
Fields and trees, with the city of Macau in the distance
Ben Arthur, Scotland
Macau, looking south-west along the peninsula
Panorama on a Mountain Lake
Mountain View with Lake
Mountainous View from Antrodoco
Hudson Highlands
A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y.
The Barrier, Macao, from Crysilia's Bay
Ben Nevis
Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi