A woodland scene at dusk (recto); A study of trees and foliage (verso)

William James Müller British

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A leader of the Bristol School, Müller’s life was cut short by illness at the height of his powers. Influenced by the expressive naturalism of John Sell Cotman, whose works he studied in the collection of a friend, the Rev. James Bulwer, Müller sketched out of doors in all weathers. In the 1830s he traveled to Europe and the Middle East, but likely found the present subject close to home in Leigh Woods on the edge of the Avon Gorge. The masterful range of watercolor techniques, and freely applied strokes, suggest a date close to the end of the artist's career.

A woodland scene at dusk (recto); A study of trees and foliage (verso), William James Müller (British, Bristol 1812–1845 Bristol), Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, with reductive techniques, stopping out, and gum arabic on blue-gray paper

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A woodland scene at dusk (recto); A study of trees and foliage (verso), William James Müller (British, Bristol 1812–1845 Bristol), Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, with reductive techniques, stopping out, and gum arabic on blue-gray paper
A woodland scene at dusk (recto); A study of trees and foliage (verso), William James Müller (British, Bristol 1812–1845 Bristol), Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, with reductive techniques, stopping out, and gum arabic on blue-gray paper

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