1789
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Delineations of the General Character Ramifications and Foliage of Forest Trees: Cedar is a 1789 by John Robert Cozens, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a lone tree with thick, tangled branches standing on a rocky shore. Behind it, a faint mountain range stretches into the distance, with tiny hints of buildings or ruins on the slopes. The whole scene is drawn in soft, smudgy lines—no hard edges, just light and dark shading to suggest depth. The artist focused on the tree’s wild, gnarled shape, almost like a living sculpture. The background feels distant and dreamy, not sharply detailed. Want to see more like this? Check out Romanticism.
John Robert Cozens (1752 – 14 December 1797) was an English painter of romantic watercolour landscapes, nearly all of Continental scenes.
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
