Made from an on-site study in oils, Hart Dyke’s painting of the sun setting on Broad Peak is a very similar composition to Vittorio Sella’s photograph of 1909. Devoid of cloud, the scale of Broad Peak is majestic and from this angle the notch on its wide trapezoid summit, to which the mountain owes its name, is distinctive. Here the rubble on the glacier in the foreground takes on a sandy hue in the falling light and the sliver of pink to the left of the composition pulls together the sense of distance across the glacier.

- William Mitchell, K2 Artistic Expeditions: James Hart Dyke & Vittorio Sella, 2026

See all the paintings in K2: James Hart Dyke at our London exhibition, which then travels to the Forte di Bard. You can also browse more works by James Hart Dyke or read his biography.