1924
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Stockholm is a 1924 by Muirhead Bone, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a cityscape with boats and buildings. The scene is drawn in black and white, with lots of lines and details. You can see the city's skyline, with tall buildings and steeples, and boats in the water. In the foreground, there are several boats, some with sails up and others with people on them. The city's buildings are densely packed, with many windows and chimneys. The overall mood of the painting is one of activity and energy, with many people and boats moving around. The painting is held at The Cleveland Museum of Art. If you're interested in learning more about the artist's techniques, you could look up chiaroscuro, which is a method of using strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in a painting.
Sir Muirhead Bone (23 March 1876 – 21 October 1953) was a Scottish etcher and watercolourist who became known for his depiction of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars.
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