John Crome
, English, 1768-1821
Title
A Heath Scene: Sun after StormDate1818
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
70 x 89 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1943
Object numberNGI.1110
ProvenanceLord Northwick, 1859; Revd B. Gibbon, Cheltenham; purchased, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, 1943.Exhibition HistoryExhibition of the Norwich Society, 1819
Painting in England & Ireland 1700-1900, Dundalk, 1970
Label TextJohn Crome was a member of the Norwich school of landscape artists. He painted Romantic views of the countryside where he lived. In this scene, dark storm clouds give way to clear skies and sunshine. Changing weather effects were of great interest to Crome. He believed in observing and sketching nature closely, at first-hand. Crome’s approach to landscape painting was greatly influenced by the work of John Constable and by seventeenth-century Dutch artists such as Meindert Hobbema.