The mountains of Thermopylae - Oil on canvas (68.4 x 135 cm)
by Edward Lear - Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Edward Lear (1812–1888) first visited Greece and saw the Thermopylae,
in northern Greece, in the summer of 1848.
He painted this landscape a few years later, while he was studying under William Holman Hunt, one of the Pre-Raphaelite painters.
The influence of the genre is obvious, with the bright colours, the use of
purple, and the extremely fine brushwork.
The mountains of Thermopylae - Detail
The mountains of Thermopylae - Detail
The mountains of Thermopylae - Detail of the foreground on the left
The mountains of Thermopylae - Detail of the mountains in the background
The mountains of Thermopylae - Detail of the mountains in the background
Bristol Museum &
Art Gallery
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Bristol BS8 1RL
England
Bristol BS8 1RL
England
