1818
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
An Outdoor Market is a 1818 graphite by Samuel Prout, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a busy outdoor market scene. It's drawn with graphite and colored with watercolor. The artist used simple lines to create the market stalls and people. The market scene is full of life. People are walking and talking. The artist added some color to make it feel lively. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Prout, Samuel.
Samuel Prout (; 17 September 1783 – 10 February 1852) was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting, who largely invented the genre of the grand steet scene in British…
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