1812
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Eye Mill in Suffolk is a 1812 graphite by John Sell Cotman, a Romanticism work, depicting Windmill, held at National Gallery of Art.
A small windmill stands beside a quiet river, trees bending in the breeze. A man with a dog walks near the water, and reeds frame the scene in the foreground. The sky is soft with light, drawn in careful pencil lines. This sketch is one of many John Sell Cotman made while traveling through the English countryside. He was part of a group of artists who loved painting nature during the Romantic period, when feelings and wild landscapes became popular subjects. Cotman often worked quickly, using simple lines to show how light and space feel, not just how they look. Look up the museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington.
John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters.
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