The Rigi refers to a group of three watercolours painted by the British artist J. M. W. Turner in 1842, after a visit to Switzerland the previous summer, each depicting the mountain of Rigi in the Alps of central Switzerland as seen across Lake Lucerne. The three works, The Blue Rigi, The Red Rigi and The Dark Rigi, show the mountain under differing atmospheric and light conditions; The Blue Rigi is held by the Tate Gallery, The Red Rigi by the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, and The Dark Rigi in a private collection. The critic John Ruskin considered them among Turner's finest achievements, writing that Turner had never made watercolours like them before and never made any like them again. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In 1842, British artist J. M. W. Turner painted three watercolours of the Rigi, a mountain in the Alps in Central Switzerland, which he had visited the previous summer.
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Widely regarded as some of his finest works, the watercolours capture the transitory effects of light and atmospheric conditions at the Rigi.
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The Rigi refers to a group of three watercolours painted by the British artist J.
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Turner painted three watercolours of the Rigi
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Turner painted three watercolours of the Rigi
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Turner painted three watercolours of the Rigi, a mountain in the Alps in Central Switzerland, which he had visited the previous summer.
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