1810
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
A Cornish View is a 1810 by Thomas Rowlandson, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This picture shows a quiet countryside scene with two people sitting by a stream. One is reading, the other leans in to look. A cow grazes nearby, and the background has rolling hills, a big tree, and a small house in the distance. The colors are soft—greens, browns, and a touch of blue in the water. The artist used lots of line work to sketch out the trees and hills, giving them a sketchy, almost hand-drawn look. This style was common in early 1800s British art. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists like this one used nature to tell stories.
Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation.
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