Stock Photo - ‘The Pass of the Splügen: Sample Study’,.Joseph Mallord William Turner, c.1841–2. Joseph Mallord William Turner was a British Romantic landscape painter and printmaker. He is best known for his vivid and expressive landscape paintings, which often featured the Alps and other mountainous scenes. One of his most famous works is The Pass of the Splügen, a painting of the Splügen Pass in the Swiss Alps. The painting depicts a dramatic mountain scene, with a winding road leading up to the Splügen Pass. The road is bathed in warm, golden light, while the rocky peaks of the mountain range are cast in deep shadows. The painting also features a minor figure in the foreground, who appears to be a traveler making their way up the pass. The painting is an excellent example of Turner's use of light and shadow to create a dramatic landscape. He has created a sense of depth in the painting by using different tones and hues to represent the different layers of the landscape. The warm light of the setting sun is balanced with the deep shadows of the surrounding mountains, creating a dynamic contrast between light and dark. Turner has also used a variety of brush strokes and textures to represent the rocky terrain and the winding road.