Exhibited in 1837, "Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm" is a late, dramatic example of J.M.W. Turner's fascination with the sublime violence of nature in the Alps. Turner had toured the Aosta Valley in Italy's northwest, and here combines several extreme weather events into a single overwhelming vision, dissolving the mountain landscape into swirling light, snow, and cloud. The painting exemplifies Turner's late style, in which recognizable topography gives way increasingly to pure atmospheric sensation.
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