A Gothic Ruin
1832
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1832
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Gothic Ruin is a 1832 graphite by James Goodwyn Clonney, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a crumbling stone tower with arched windows, half-buried in earth. The walls are rough, and the top looks weathered. Nearby, a few trees and bushes stand in a grassy area, with a small path leading toward the ruin. The drawing uses quick, loose lines—no details, just the basic shapes. The artist focused on how the ruin feels old and forgotten, not how it looks perfect. Want to see more sketches like this? Look up Romanticism.
James Goodwyn Clonney (28 December 1812, Liverpool (?) – 7 October 1867, Binghamton, NY) was an English-born American genre painter and lithographer.
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