Caspar Wolf’s paintings convey something of the hostile magnificence of the Alps. A large selection of the 18th-century Swiss painter’s works is currently on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel – here are a few of the dramatic highlights.
Click here for the curator’s introduction to the exhibition
‘Caspar Wolf and the aesthetic conquest of nature’ is at the Kunstmuseum Basel until 1 January 2015.
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