Artwork
Landscape with Cottages
Landscape with Cottages is a watercolor work on paper by the Romanticist artist John Crome. It dates from 1790 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Landscape with Cottages is a watercolour painting by John Crome, an artist predominantly associated with oil painting, particularly scenes from his native Norwich, Norfolk.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene landscape featuring cottages and a small, basket-carrying figure, introducing a sense of everyday human activity amidst the natural setting.
Technique & Style
Notably executed in watercolour, a medium less common to Crome, the work may exhibit subtle applications of chiaroscuro, given the suggested interplay of light and dark.
History & Provenance
The watercolour was once owned by Samuel Redgrave, a prominent 19th-century writer on British art, indicating its recognition within artistic circles of the time.
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Artist & collection
Artist
John Crome, once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his artist son John Berney Crome, was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norwich School of painters.
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