Under the Hawthorn

Artist John Linnell (London, England, 1792 - 1882)

Date1853

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 94.3 cm, Width: 140.2 cm
Frame: Height: 129.3 cm, Width: 174.2 cm, Depth: 10 cm

AcquisitionBequeathed in 1941 by Mrs Taylor.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002316

Keywords

About MeJohn Linnell is now remembered as the father-in-law of Samuel Palmer and friend of William Blake but he was a prolific landscape painter and highly successful in his own right.

In 1852, Linnell took up residence at Redhill, where he rediscovered the mystical attitude to nature that inspired Blake and Palmer. He declared that it was the business of the artist not to imitate nature but to create spiritual perceptions of it. In this rustic idyll, a shepherd plays his pipes to his companions and a vision of rural England rolls out behind him.
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The shepherd and his flock seem sheltered in their corner of the world, safe from the wilderness without.