Rustic Road with Thatched Barns, from "Norfolk Picturesque Scenery"
John Crome British
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Crome uses an ancient tree, winding road, and barns with thatched roofs to celebrate his native county of Norfolk. A leader of the Norwich School (artists based near that town who developed a distinctive local landscape style), Crome worked in oils, watercolors, and as a drawing master, and is remembered as an expressive etcher. From 1809, he created rustic images derived from plein-air sketches that anticipate the Etching Revival. Unpublished during Crome's lifetime, sets titled "Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings" were issued in 1834 to benefit his widow.
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