Oil paint on canvas
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attributed to <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-wilson-606" aria-label="More by Richard Wilson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Richard Wilson</a>
Lake Ruin and Pine Trees
Bequeathed by Lady Sassoon 1956
adults
Arcadia
architecture
bank
building
building - non-specific
child
children
countries and continents
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
idyll
Italy
lake
Lake Albano
Lake Nemi
landscape
mythical, religious, fictional
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
people
pine
places
reflection
ruins
serenity
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
universal concepts
water: inland
woman
wooded
<p>The motif of the temple by a lake recurs throughout Wilson's work as an image of Arcadian tranquillity. Temples were often used in this way in the landscaped parks of wealthy British aristocrats.</p><p>The lake shown here may be one of the mysterious volcanic lakes near Rome, such as Lake Nemi, known since antiquity as 'Diana's Mirror' because of its glassy smooth surface. Another possibility is Lake Avernus, near Naples, believed by the ancient Romans to be the entrance to the Underworld. The ruin evokes ancient Roman civilisation, while the still waters encourage quiet contemplation of Italy in the present.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2002</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
15 June 2002 – 21 May 2007
2007-05-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-06-15
Pastoral Landscape
Collection based display
30 March 2018 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
2 April 2018 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
2018-04-02
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2018-03-30
Ken's Show: Exploring the Unseen
Collection based display
26 September 2019 – 30 November 2019
2019-11-30
26 September 2019 – 30 November 2019
2019-11-30
2019-09-26
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (Worcester, UK)
2019-09-26
Living Ruins
Tate partnerships & programmes
Lake, Ruin and Pine Trees
support: 686 × 889 mm
frame: 920 × 1110 × 100 mm
Bequeathed by Lady Sassoon 1956
<p>
The motif of the temple by a lake recurs throughout Wilson's work as an image of Arcadian tranquillity. Temples were often used in this way in the landscaped parks of wealthy British aristocrats.</p>
<p>
The lake shown here may be one of the mysterious volcanic lakes near Rome, such as Lake Nemi, known since antiquity as 'Diana's Mirror' because of its glassy smooth surface. Another possibility is Lake Avernus, near Naples, believed by the ancient Romans to be the entrance to the Underworld. The ruin evokes ancient Roman civilisation, while the still waters encourage quiet contemplation of Italy in the present. </p>
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2002-09-16T00:00:00
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adults Arcadia architecture bank building building - non-specific child children countries and continents emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas idyll Italy lake Lake Albano Lake Nemi landscape mythical, religious, fictional natural features (non-UK) natural phenomena people pine places reflection ruins serenity townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features universal concepts water: inland woman wooded