Oil paint on canvas
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Robert Vernon
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/philip-james-de-loutherbourg-145" aria-label="More by Philip James De Loutherbourg" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Philip James De Loutherbourg</a>
Lake Scene Evening
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
adults
animals: mammals
cloud
cow
Cumbria
England
England, Northern
evening
figure
gorge
lake
landscape
people
places
rocky
times of the day
UK counties
UK countries and regions
Wales
water: inland
weather
<p>The Picturesque, written about by  theorists such as William Gilpin, was  an aesthetic formula for the ideal landscape based on the pleasing effects  of visual variety. It was also a way of  giving order to the landscape, making  sure everything - including its human inhabitants - was in its proper place.  This picture adheres to the formula closely, with its combination of roughly textured rocks, still water, and evocative ruin and storm clouds. Although this has been described as a scene in Cumberland  or Wales, it is probably an amalgam  of different views the artist had sketched  on tours to these places in the 1780s.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
Lake Scene, Evening
support: 425 × 603 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>
The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>Picturesque</span></a>, written about by <br/>
theorists such as William Gilpin, was <br/>
an aesthetic formula for the ideal <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> based on the pleasing effects <br/>
of visual variety. It was also a way of <br/>
giving order to the landscape, making <br/>
sure everything - including its human inhabitants - was in its proper place. <br/>
This picture adheres to the formula closely, with its combination of roughly textured rocks, still water, and evocative ruin and storm clouds. Although this has been described as a scene in Cumberland <br/>
or Wales, it is probably an amalgam <br/>
of different views the artist had sketched <br/>
on tours to these places in the 1780s.</p>
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adults animals: mammals cloud cow Cumbria England England, Northern evening figure gorge lake landscape people places rocky times of the day UK counties UK countries and regions Wales water: inland weather