Painting: The Sublime

Artwork page for ‘Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps’, Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1812 on display at Tate Britain. Hannibal Barca was a Commander of the Carthaginian army in 200-100 BC. He was a celebrated military leader. Although he is referenced in the title of this work, Hannibal himself is not pictured. Rather than focus on an individual leader, this work expresses human’s vulnerability when faced with the power of nature. The attention is on the victims…

Julian Bell, 'Contemporary Art and the Sublime' (The Art of the Sublime) | Tate

'The flood in the Darling 1890' is one of several ambitious canvases painted by WC Piguenit in response to the devastating rains that inundated the western region of New South Wales in 1890. It reflects his respect for the terrifying ...

Son of a convict transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1830, WC Piguenit was schooled in Hobart and later worked in the Department of Lands survey office as a draughtsman. He received rudimentary instruction in painting, however he was largely ...

Piguenit's parents were born in England, his father being of French ancestry, but he was one of the earliest professional painters with a completely Australian background. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was mainly self-taught, taking his models from the European ...

Kosciusko, (1903) by WC Piguenit

Sublime – Art Term | Tate