1758
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Patie and Roger is a 1758 by Paul Sandby, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows two men sitting under a tree by a river, talking while a dog lies nearby. Behind them, a bridge crosses the water, and a hill rises in the distance. The trees are detailed with lots of small lines, and the whole scene looks calm and quiet. The artist used shading to make the trees and hills pop against the sky. This trick makes some parts look darker and others lighter, giving depth to the scene. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how this technique works in other art.
Paul Sandby, (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English mapmaker and painter who specialised in landscape art. Along with his older brother Thomas Sandby, he was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
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