Baldart Castle, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 38.74 × 62.87 cm (15 1/4 × 24 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Estate of George E. Lemon)
Accession Number
2015.19.2479
Art Historical Context
William Trost Richards, a American landscape artist associated with the Hudson River and known for his meticulous naturalism, captured the rugged beauty of Ireland's west coast in *Baldart Castle, Kil, County Clare, Ireland (1892). This over graphite on wove paper the evocative ruins of Baldart Castle, perched dramatically along the cliffs of County Clare, a region famed for its wild Atlantic seascapes and ancient fortifications. Richards, who traveled extensively in Europe late in his career, infused the scene with his signature precision, highlighting the interplay of light, mist, and stone ...
About the Artist
William Trost Richards · 1833–1905
William Trost Richards (1833–1905) was a prominent American landscape and marine painter born in Philadelphia, where he attended Central High School before beginning his artistic training. Between 1850 and 1855, he studied part-time under the German-born Hudson River School artist Paul Weber while working as a designer and illustrator of ornamental metalwork. He exhibited his first works at the Pe...