The school of English nature painting in the middle of the 19th century split into two directions: The Academy Painting with classical, academic motifs and the Pre-Raphaelite Painting with its claim to paint nature as it is. John William Inchbold, son of a newspaper publisher from Yorkshire, Great Britain was one of them.
Inchbold's work shows his early, detailed, almost loving preoccupation with nature. During his studies he met a group of painters around the Rosetti brothers. They later called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The influence of these young painters can be seen in the aims of this brotherhood, directly in the motif implementation of John William Inchbold's work. The group committed itself to the lifelike, detailed depiction of animated, i.e. living motifs. The academic and artificial representation of subjects was rejected by them. This commitment to naturalness is what the viewers of his first oil painting on display - The Moorland - encounter. The painting is constructed on several levels, the viewer does not know where to look at the first moment. Should the raven in the foreground appear first, or should it be the suggested expanse of the barren landscape up to the horizon? One really feels alive in this scenery. John Ruskin, the leading British art critic of his time, praised him effusively for his depiction of this moorland landscape. Also his companions, the painters Cecil Lawson, James Clarke Hook or Ernest Parton have left admiring words.
However, after he regularly found himself in financial difficulties from his fortieth birthday, he left London and moved to Switzerland. There he had spent regular stays with Ruskin in the mid-1850s. During the Swiss years, almost exclusively mountain motifs of Swiss summits were created. Entirely in keeping with the pre-Raphaelites' claim - "Paint what you see". These motifs finally consolidated his reputation as an outstanding landscape painter. The only change to Switzerland was a trip to Algeria. On his return he was fully loaded with new motifs, sketches and rough drafts for further paintings. However, these were not to be realized, because almost one and a half years after his return, John William Inchbold died of a sudden heart attack. His works can be found in all the famous museums of London: the Royal Academy of Arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Britain and the Leeds Art Gallery.
The school of English nature painting in the middle of the 19th century split into two directions: The Academy Painting with classical, academic motifs and the Pre-Raphaelite Painting with its claim to paint nature as it is. John William Inchbold, son of a newspaper publisher from Yorkshire, Great Britain was one of them.
Inchbold's work shows his early, detailed, almost loving preoccupation with nature. During his studies he met a group of painters around the Rosetti brothers. They later called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The influence of these young painters can be seen in the aims of this brotherhood, directly in the motif implementation of John William Inchbold's work. The group committed itself to the lifelike, detailed depiction of animated, i.e. living motifs. The academic and artificial representation of subjects was rejected by them. This commitment to naturalness is what the viewers of his first oil painting on display - The Moorland - encounter. The painting is constructed on several levels, the viewer does not know where to look at the first moment. Should the raven in the foreground appear first, or should it be the suggested expanse of the barren landscape up to the horizon? One really feels alive in this scenery. John Ruskin, the leading British art critic of his time, praised him effusively for his depiction of this moorland landscape. Also his companions, the painters Cecil Lawson, James Clarke Hook or Ernest Parton have left admiring words.
However, after he regularly found himself in financial difficulties from his fortieth birthday, he left London and moved to Switzerland. There he had spent regular stays with Ruskin in the mid-1850s. During the Swiss years, almost exclusively mountain motifs of Swiss summits were created. Entirely in keeping with the pre-Raphaelites' claim - "Paint what you see". These motifs finally consolidated his reputation as an outstanding landscape painter. The only change to Switzerland was a trip to Algeria. On his return he was fully loaded with new motifs, sketches and rough drafts for further paintings. However, these were not to be realized, because almost one and a half years after his return, John William Inchbold died of a sudden heart attack. His works can be found in all the famous museums of London: the Royal Academy of Arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Britain and the Leeds Art Gallery.
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