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Forest of Radnor, with the Black Mountains in the distance - Francis Towne. 1810

Saw this the other day in a room full of 18th/19thC paintings and drawings; was struck by how 20thC it seemed. 

Agreed, it does look 20thC. John Sell Cotman who painted English landscapes at that time was even more so. Can't manage to post a pic - check him out on Google Images. And also try "Thomas Jones painter", a Welshman in Naples in the 18thC, who seems to anticipate Cézanne.

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I recall seeing some Cotman paintings in Norwich about 40 years ago - will have to look again. Only vague memories.

See what you mean in the pictures scrolling through here:

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Norwich_Castle/Past_Exhibitions/2005/The_Golden_Age_of_Watercolours/John_Sell_Cotman/index.htm

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Yes. I took these shots when I was in Europe for 12 days with my Son last month.

An amazing journey.

Prague.

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Jazz on the Charles Bridge in Prague.

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When I told these guys I was an American who loves Jazz, they returned with What a Wonderful World.

Made my day.

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I highly recommend it.

It was my first time in Europe and I was just wowed by the sheer beauty of the places we went, the history, the music and the people we met. Five countries in 12 days [Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia] cruising down the Danube. We finished in Munich.

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Seagulls fly near the mouth of the Rio Doce, on the coast of Espírito Santo, Brazil, which was flooded with mud after a dam burst

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Swarms of fireflies illuminate the undergrowth in a forest on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/28/the-20-photographs-of-the-week

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Namtso Lake, Tibet: A woman carries her child as they visit Namtso Lake. The picture was captured by a photographer who, along with a small group of journalists, was granted a rare visit to the region for an official tour

http://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2015/nov/30/photo-highlights-of-the-day-climate-talks-and-glaciers

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http://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015/dec/01/10-best-cities-in-the-world-to-be-a-student-2016-in-pictures

 

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Michelle Patmore captured these spectacular waves in Newhaven, East Sussex on 29 November.

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Shaun Hamblin captured the stormy waves in Brighton on 29 November.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/34974347

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Hong Kong's blue period: the cityscape captured at dusk – in pictures

Some beautiful shots here:

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/dec/02/hong-kongs-blue-period-the-cityscape-captured-at-dusk-in-pictures

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Volcanic lightning in the ash cloud as Mount Etna’s Voragine crater erupts for the first time in two years. Photograph: Marco Restivo/Barcroft Media

Looks positively Biblical!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/03/sicily-mount-etna-voragine-crater-erupts-lightning

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