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Solitude, Joshua Shaw
Solitude, 1818

Joshua Shaw

c. 1777–1860 · 1 work

Joshua Shaw’s Solitude places a reclining figure within an idealized landscape. The Art Institute identifies the setting as an imagined Arcadian scene, rather than a record of one specific place. Follow the land and water into the distance, and consider how the figure offers a quiet point from which to take in the view.

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Artist information: Art Institute of Chicago.

Public-domain art. An imagined museum; no museum affiliation.