1804
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
A Stop in the Park is a 1804 by Constantin Guys, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a busy street scene with a horse-drawn carriage in the middle. A woman in a long dress walks on the left, holding something like a fan. Two other women sit in the carriage, and a man stands next to them, wearing a hat and coat. The horse is large and calm, pulling the cart with big wheels. The background is blurry, but the focus is on quick, loose lines. This style makes the scene feel lively and fast-paced. Look up Romanticism next to see how artists used movement and emotion in their work.
Constantin Guys (born Ernest-Adolphe Guys de Saint-Hélène, December 3, 1802 – December 13, 1892) was a French Crimean War correspondent, water color painter and illustrator for British and French newspapers.
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