The Lake of Zug
Watercolor over graphite • Romanticism • 29,8 × 46,6 cm [53,3 × 68,6 cm framed] • 1843 • The Met Museum
The sun rises between the mountains Rossberg and Mythen behind the town of Arth while, in the foreground, nude girls play in the lake as villagers approach the shore and set out in boats. Returning from the Swiss Alps, Turner solicited patrons for large watercolors to be based on sketches from the trip. This view was commissioned by Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar in 1843, and was later owned by John Ruskin.
Marina Kanavaki 
Love Turner’s work… And great Tribute Marina.. ❤ 🙂 ❤
Brilliant painter! Thank you, my dear Sue. So glad you enjoyed it!
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I knew it was Turner – an amazing painter he may have figures in it but his treatment of water, mists, sky, clouds – atmosphere was and still is so remarkable. Landscapes? Seeing abstractly.
And the paintings are so large – standing in front of them it is easy to get lost.
Don’t remember seeing this portrait – such an interesting period of art and artists
Hope you and yours are blessed with a lovely Easter.
I love his landscapes and though they may seem abstract [some], they are so ‘clear’ to me! Indeed you can get lost in them!
Thank you, my friend! We’re having a lovely quiet Easter [fireworks excluded, which are Hera’s worst nightmare!]
Happy Sunday and paw waves!
I love Turner’s watercolour painting and the lake of Zug!
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Thank you, Martina! Needless to say me too… but I’ve never been to lake Zug. 🙏
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A new artist for me. Surprised this is watercolors. For some reason, it has an ethereal feel for me. Yamas!
Ethereal is a brilliant way to describe his paintings yet very strong at the same time.
Yamas, my friend!