Oil paint on wood
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edwin-henry-landseer-323" aria-label="More by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edwin Henry Landseer</a>
Loch Avon and Cairngorm Mountains
Purchased 1947
Cairngorm Mountains
cloud
lake
landscape
Loch Avon
mountain
places
rocky
Scotland
sunshine
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
weather
<p>Landseer was best known as a painter of dramatic or sentimental animal pictures, though he also painted many small landscape sketches such as this. These appear to have been created for his own pleasure, as they were not exhibited, nor were they studies for his larger pictures. Most represented scenes from the Scottish Highlands. This view suggests a fresh and personal view of nature, but one informed by the Sublime landscape painting of the previous decades in showing a scene of still and barren grandeur as the source of awe.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint wood
24 June 2002 – 21 May 2007
2007-05-21
24 June 2002 – 1 July 2003
2003-07-01
2002-06-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-06-24
Turner: Sublime Landscape
Collection based display
14 April 2005 – 10 July 2005
2005-07-10
14 April 2005 – 10 July 2005
2005-07-10
2005-04-14
Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.royalscottishacademy.org
2005-04-14
Landseer in the Highlands
Loan-out
Loch Avon and the Cairngorm Mountains
support: 352 × 445 mm
frame: 467 × 562 × 50 mm
Purchased 1947
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<span class="text0">Landseer was best known as a painter  </span><span class="text19">of dramatic or sentimental animal pictures,</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text18">though he also painted many      small </span><span class="text0"><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> sketches such as this. These      appear to have been created for his own pleasure, as they were not      exhibited, nor were they studies for his larger pictures. </span><span class="text19">Most represented scenes from the Scottish Highlands. This      view suggests a fresh and personal view of nature, but one informed </span><span class="text18">by 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/s/sublime" title="Glossary definition for 'Sublime'"><span>Sublime</span></a> landscape <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>  of the previous decades      in showing  a scene of still and barren grandeur  as the source of awe.  </span>
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Cairngorm Mountains cloud lake landscape Loch Avon mountain places rocky Scotland sunshine UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland weather