Evening
c. 1820/1825
Medium
watercolor and chalk on wood
Dimensions
overall: 91.8 x 29.7 cm (36 1/8 x 11 11/16 in.) framed: 101.1 x 38.7 x 5.7 cm (39 13/16 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1990.22.1
About the Artist
William Blake · 1757–1827
William Blake (1757–1827) stands as one of the most visionary and unconventional artists in British history, a poet-painter-printmaker whose mystical imagination and radical vision profoundly shaped the Romantic movement. Born in London's Soho district, Blake experienced visions from childhood—claiming to see angels in trees at age eight—and these spiritual encounters would guide his art throughou...