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Evening, Storm Clearing Off

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Written by: Matteo GarcíaEditor · Jewels & Gemstones
Old Master Paintings · Catalogue no. 916184
John Linnell

Evening, Storm Clearing Off

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byMinneapolis Institute of Art
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Artist / MakerJohn Linnell
Date1818
TypePainting
CollectionMinneapolis Institute of Art
LocationMinneapolis Institute of Art
About the Artist

The precocious son of a Bloomsbury frame maker, John Linnell entered the Royal Academy schools in 1805 at the same time that he began studying with influential watercolor painter and drawing master John Varley (1778-1842). Under Varley's tutelage, but primarily in the company of fellow student William Mulready (1786-1863), Linnell mastered plein-air landscape painting. His studies at the Kensington gravel pits (ca. 1812) and other locales in and around London are remarkable for the intensity and novelty of their naturalistic… Full biography →

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