1867
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
House at Ypres is a 1867 by Somers Clarke, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a tall brick building with three pointed windows near the top and smaller windows below. The walls are drawn in light pencil lines, and the windows have simple glass panes. A steep roof with a small tower rises on the left side. The artist labeled it "House at Ypres" in June 1867, showing a real building, not a dreamy scene. The pencil strokes are quick but careful, focusing on shapes and light. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
George Somers Clarke was an architect and English Egyptologist who worked on the restoration and design of churches and at a number of sites throughout Egypt, notably in El Kab, where he built a mud brick house.
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