1824
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Bergues: La Tour du marché is a 1824 by Richard Parkes Bonington, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a busy street scene with a tall clock tower at the center. People in old-fashioned clothes walk around, some pushing carts covered with cloth. The buildings are simple, with pointed roofs and small windows. Trees line the street, and the whole scene feels quiet and a bit foggy. The clock tower stands out because it’s much taller than the other buildings. Its design looks like old European churches, with a big clock face and a spire on top. Want to see more work like this? Check out Romanticism for similar cityscapes.
Richard Parkes Bonington (25 October 1802 – 23 September 1828) was an English Romantic landscape painter.
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