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Károly (Charles) Brocky adopted the everyday, idyllic, petit-bourgeois views of the Biedermeier age during the years he spent studying in Vienna. The artist, who was widely know for his sentimental female portraits, left Central Europe looking for better possibilities. After 1846, he settled in England, where he produced, among other thing, a series of portraits of women and children, which were genres by character. "Young Woman Watering, a Plant by the Window", painted about 1847, belongs to this series. The freshness and lightness made possible by aquarelle technique, and the transparent and fine colours suggest Brocky's Italian experiences. In comparison to the tedious technique of oil painting as practiced in the mid-19th century, the colours and forms of these aquarelles strike us being very relaxed. The unique tradition of English aquarelle painting probably also influenced Brocky's art.
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