The Skylark
Impressionism
1849
71.0 x 91.0 cm
david cox the elder (1783 – 1859)
David Cox (1783-1859) was a pivotal English landscape painter of the Birmingham School, renowned for his emotive watercolours & later oil paintings. A precursor to Impressionism, he captured British countryside with broad brushstrokes and atmospheric
About this artwork
- Title: The Skylark
- Artist: david cox the elder
- Year: 1849
- Original dimensions: 71.0 x 91.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Impressionism
- Corpus context: romantic landscape influence , rural british life depiction
- Keywords: oil painting nature , "british landscape art" , "soft light painting"
- Color intensity: Balanced