"Norwich School of painters The Norwich School of painters, founded in 1803 in Norwich, was the first provincial art movement in Britain. Artists of the school were inspired by the natural environment of the Norfolk landscape and owed some influence to the work of landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age such as Hobbema and Ruisdael. The Norwich Society of Artists was founded in 1803 by John Crome and Robert Ladbrooke as a club where artists could meet to exchange ideas. Its aims were ""an enquiry into the rise, progress and present state of painting, architecture, and sculpture, with a"
"school. In 1803 John Crome and Robert Ladbrooke formed the Norwich Society of Artists, a group that also included Charles Hodgson, Robert Dixon, Daniel Coppin, James Stark and George Vincent. Their first exhibition, in 1805, marked the start of the Norwich School of painters, the first art movement created outside London. His works, which are mainly of the interiors of buildings in and around Norwich, shown that he was a talented artist. His output was necessarily limited by the need to earn a steady income as a teacher. He exhibited in Norwich until 1825, after which he was appointed as"
"pictures were taken from places in France, Holland, Belgium, and Italy. Crome's paintings can bear a strong resemblance to those of his father, and also of fellow Norwich School artist George Vincent, and their works have at times been confused with each others. Between 1811 and 1843 he exhibited seven works at the Royal Academy, thirty-five at the British Institution, and fifty-five at the Society of British Artists. Many of his works were exhibited at the Edinburgh Society of Artists and the Society of British Artists. Norfolk Museums has a significant collection of his work, most housed in the Castle"
"Between 1811 and 1843 he had many works exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Society of British Artists in London, and made trips to the continent, drawing and painting in France, Holland, Belgium and Italy. His work shows the influence of his father, and like his father he painted many moonlight effects, his 1834 ""River Scene By Moonlight"" being a prime example. As a result of his extravagant habits, Crome was made bankrupt in 1831, and the contents of his father's house had to be sold off. Many paintings made by both father and son were disposed of"
"He became a member of the Norwich Society of Artists and exhibited many of his pictures there between 1806 and 1830. He was appointed Vice-President of the Society in 1818, and subsequently President on several occasions. On the death of John Crome in April 1821, John Berney Crome continued his father's art teaching practice and occupied the family house in Gildengate Street, Norwich, to which he added a studio. In conjunction with John Sell Cotman, he took a lively interest in the Norwich Society of Artists in 1828, which had closed in 1825 after the demolition of its old premises."
"artist John Crome. The Norwich Society of Artists was founded in 1803 by Crome and Robert Ladbrooke and brought together professional painters and drawing masters such as John Sell Cotman, James Stark, George Vincent as well as other talented amateur artists, who were often inspired by the East Anglian landscape, and were influenced by Dutch landscape painters. This oil on canvas is considered one of the finest works made by Crome. It depicts the River Wensum, near New Mills, at St Martin's Oak, close to where the artist lived, in Norwich. The Norfolk Regiment First World War Casualty Book is"
"for three years. Two letters from John Crome to his pupil survive. One, dated 3 July 1814 and sent to Starks' house in London, contains a reminder to submit work to the Norwich Society of Artists' forthcoming exhibition. The second letter reveals how Crome was able to impart his knowledge to his pupils. Crome was a strong influence on Stark, who was his favourite pupil, and Crome's preoccupation with depicting trees and woodland scenes led Stark to produce many such scenes himself. He was elected as a member of the Norwich Society of Artists in 1812. He exhibited at the"
"leading member of the Norwich School, along with the realisation that had he lived, he could have been one of Britain's great landscape painters. The Norwich School of painters, which included Vincent, was a group connected by geographical location, the depiction of Norwich and rural Norfolk, and by close personal and professional relationships. The school's most important artists were John Crome, Joseph Stannard, George Vincent, Robert Ladbrooke, James Stark, John Thirtle and John Sell Cotman, along with Cotman's sons Miles Edmund and John Joseph Cotman. The Norwich School was a unique phenomenon in the history of 19th-century British art. Norwich"
"victory in Battle of the Nile in 1798 and declaration of peace in 1801. In 1803 his friend John Crome and Robert Ladbrooke formed the Norwich Society of Artists, a group that also included Coppin as well as Robert Dixon, Charles Hodgson, James Stark and George Vincent. Their first exhibition, in 1805, marked the start of the Norwich School of painters, the first art movement created outside London. The following year he accompanied Crome and the dealer William Barnes Freeman on a visit to Paris to view the treasures of the Louvre, possible now that the Napoleonic Wars in Europe"
"at this time. He subsequently moved to Great Yarmouth in 1835, where he continued to teach drawing. An 'incurable illness' was the cause of his death on 15 September 1842. Crome was twice married, but had no children. He was known as a man of genial character and jovial disposition, and his portrait, one of two executed by H B Love, hangs in the Castle Museum, Norwich. John Berney Crome worked in oils, watercolours and pencil, painting coastal and rural scenes, both at home and abroad. He made frequent visits to the continent, and the subjects of some of his"
"died at his home in King Street on 22 April 1864, and was buried in the churchyard of St. Bartholomew, Heigham. He left an estate of several thousand pounds to his family. His only son, the Reverend Francis Henry Stone Hodgson, also died that year, on 20 September. David Hodgson (artist) David Hodgson (1798–1864) was an English painter of landscapes and an active member of the Norwich School of painters. He was the son of the artist Charles Hodgson, whom he accompanied on a tour of Wales in 1805, when he was seven. He was taught art by John Crome"
"and painful illness, in 1873. His drawings, which are chiefly to be found in the royal and private collections, are much esteemed for the beauty of their colouring and their truthfulness to nature. Thomas Hartley Cromek Thomas Hartley Cromek (1809-1873) was an English artist. Cromek was born on 8 August 1809, the son of the engraver Robert Hartley Cromek. He was educated at Enoch Harrison's school in Wakefield; he then attended the Moravian School at Fulneck, and to the Grammar School at Wakefield, before he eventually returning to Harrison. He had his first lessons in art from James Hunter, a"
"Stannard was born in Norwich on 13 September 1797. He attended Norwich Grammar School as a boy, and his early artistic talents encouraged his parents to ask the prominent landscape artist John Crome to take on their son as a pupil. When Crome's fees proved to be to high for the Stannards to afford, they paid instead for another local man, Robert Ladbrooke, to apprentice their son. One of Stannard's paintings was exhibited at the Norwich Society of Artists as early as 1811 (when he was a boy of 14), and there was a positive review of his work in"
"has educated a number of notable figures including Lord Nelson, Sir Edward Coke and 17 Fellows of the Royal Society among many others. Several members of the Norwich School of painters, the first provincial art movement in England, were educated at the school and the movement's founder, John Crome, also taught at the school. It is a founding member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), a member of the Choir Schools' Association and has a historical connection with the Worshipful Company of Dyers, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Norwich School traces its origins to"
"printseller, 'Smith and Jaggars' of Norwich, and it was probably through the print-seller that Crome met Thomas Harvey of Old Catton, who helped him set to up as a drawing teacher. He had access to Harvey's art collection, which allowed him to develop his skills by copying the works of Gainsborough and Hobbema. Crome received further instruction and encouragement from Sir William Beechey R.A., whose house in London he frequently visited, and John Opie R.A.. In October 1792 Crome married Phoebe Berney. They produced two daughters and six sons. Two of his sons, John Berney Crome (1794–1842) and William Henry"
"of her acquaintance"". Her gold medals were donated by her daughter to the new museum at Norwich Castle in 1894. Emily Stannard continued to live at Cathedral Street until her death in 1894 at the age of 67. The Norwich School of painters was a unique phenomenon in the history of British 19th century art. Norwich was the first English city outside London where a school of artists arose. It had more local-born artists than any subsequently-formed schools elsewhere, its most important artists being John Crome, Emily Stannard's husband Joseph Stannard, George Vincent, Robert Ladbrooke, James Stark, John Thirtle and"
"his artistic talents. In 1805 the seven-year-old David accompanied his father on a tour of Wales, which included a stay in Chester and may have included a trip to Liverpool to visit relatives. As an adult he returned to paint aspects of Chester on numerous occasions. He attended Norwich Grammar School as a boy, where he was taught drawing by John Crome and mathematics by his father. Hodgson had an uneventful life and never lived away from Norwich. He succeeded his John Crome as the drawing master at Norwich School in about 1825. His occupation necessarily limited his artistic output"
"moved to London, living first at 7 Wells Street, and then at 86 Newman Street, where he lived until 1821. In 1817, together with James Stark, he enrolled as a student at the British Institute's school, but after two years Stark was forced to return home to Norwich due to ill health. In 1821 George Vincent was present with James Stark at John Crome's funeral, having travelled from London to Norwich. At this time Vincent was himself ill, although the reason for his poor health is not given by any sources or mentioned in his published letters. The art historian"
"which Vincent would became a member, was founded in 1803. Its stated aims were ""to conduct an Enquiry into the Rise, Progress and Present State of Painting, Archaeology and Sculpture with a view to point out the Best Methods of Study to attain to Greater Perfection in these Arts"". It held regular exhibitions and had an organised structure, showing works annually until 1825 and again from 1828 until it was dissolved in 1833. The leading spirits and finest artists of the movement were Crome and Cotman. The impact of the Norwich School outside East Anglia was based largely upon the"
"acquaintance of John Crome, who was the same age as him, then working for a house and sign-painter. Having similar tastes, the two young men became friends. They lived together and devoted all their spare time to sketching and copying. They married two Berney sisters, and for two years they worked in partnership. Ladbrooke painted portraits and Crome depicted landscapes, which they both sold for very small sums. To earn more money, Ladbrooke turned from portraiture to landscape painting, in which he was more successful. In 1803 Ladbrooke and John Crome formed the Norwich Society of Artists, a group that"
"other Bristol School artists. However, the 1832 exhibition of the Bristol Society of Artists included a number of works by artists of the Norwich School: John Sell Cotman, Miles Edmund Cotman and John Berney Crome. John Sell Cotman was to prove a greater influence on the later work of William James Müller than Danby and other Bristol School artists, despite Müller's having been apprenticed to John Baker Pyne during 1827–29/30. Pyne himself in his later career did not continue in the style of Danby's poetical landscapes that he had followed in his Bristol years. Bristol School The Bristol School (or"
"also included Robert Dixon, Charles Hodgson, Daniel Coppin, James Stark and George Vincent. Their first exhibition, in 1805, marked the start of the Norwich School of painters, the first art movement created outside London. Ladbrooke contributed fourteen works to its first exhibition in 1805. In 1808, when Crome became president, Ladbrooke was elected as vice-president. In 1816, Ladbrooke, along with Joseph Stannard, John Thirtle and a five other members of the Norfolk Society, having ineffectually urged a modification of some of the rules, seceded from the society, a but this venture ultimately failed and was abandoned after three years. Between"
"least one work by Vincent has been confused with those by Crome's son, John Berney Crome: ""A View of Yarmouth from Gorleston"" was once reputed to being by John Berney Crome when it was sold, but it was afterwards found to be by Vincent, when a boat depicted in the picture was shown to have his initials on the side. The following selection of his works were praised by the press when they were first shown in public, or have been highlighted as noteworthy by art historians of the Norwich School: George Vincent (painter) George Vincent (27 June 1796 –"
"produced etchings and taught art. Crome was born in Norwich in Norfolk, the son of a weaver. After a period working as an errand boy for a doctor (from the age of twelve), he was apprenticed to Francis Whisler, a house, coach and sign painter. At about this time he formed a friendship with Robert Ladbrooke, an apprentice printer, who also became a celebrated landscape painter. The pair shared a room and went on sketching trips in the fields and lanes around Norwich. They occasionally bought prints to copy. Crome and Ladbrooke sold some of their work to a local"
"Museum, and his paintings are also currently kept by the Tate Gallery, the Yale Centre for British Art, the UK Government Art Collection, the Sheffield Museums, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Oxford Town Hall, the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and the English Heritage Collection, Kenwood. While John Berney Crome’s paintings have never reached the status associated with the great English landscape artists, some have fetched almost $10,000, and in 2018 a relatively small (perhaps 37cm by 32cm) oil on canvas painting of a shoreline landscape marine scene was offered for sale through Madrigallery"
"intention to do so. His two main influences are considered to be Dutch 17th-century painting and the work of Wilson. Along with John Constable (1776–1837), Crome was one of the earliest English artists to represent identifiable species of trees, rather than generalised forms. His works, renowned for their originality and vision, were inspired by direct observation of the natural world combined with a comprehensive study of old masters. Art historian Andrew Hemingway has identified a theme of leisure in Crome's work, citing particularly his works depicting the beach at Great Yarmouth, and the River Wensum in his native Norwich. An"
"art schools, including Oxford Brookes University, Sir John Cass College, Slade School of Fine Art, Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College, and in 1974 he founded the Sunningwell School of Art, Oxford. He was a versatile artist who celebrated working in various media and was unusual amongst his contemporaries in being represented in the Tate Gallery Collection with works in oil, watercolour, and print, as well as sculpture. His sculpture, Young Man Standing, also known as the Golden Man (Tate Gallery), was the subject of National controversy when it was withdrawn from exhibition in Lincoln Cathedral as it was"
"a total of seven at the Royal Academy. Other oil paintings have been seen in several auctions including ""Christ of the Cornfield"", ""Distant Thoughts"", and paintings of Beatrice, Miranda, and Amy Robsart. He died in London on 6 November 1895. Thomas Francis Dicksee Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819–1895) was an English painter born in Condom. He was a portraitist and painter of historical, genre subjects often inspired by the works of Shakespeare. Thomas Francis Dicksee was born in London on 13 December 1819 and was the pupil of H. P. Briggs. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1841 until the"
"apprenticed to John Crome, whose influence on his pupil was profound. Stark’s work was exhibited in London as early as 1811 and at the British Institution between 1814 and 1818. In 1814 he moved away from Norwich to London, where he befriended the artist William Collins. In 1819 ill health forced him to return to Norwich, where lived for twenty years. In 1840 he moved to Windsor, where he lived for a decade, continuing to produce landscapes. He returned to London in 1849, residing there until his death in 1859 at the age of 64. He is buried with his"
"Michael William Sharp Michael William Sharp (1776? – 1840) was an English painter. He was born in London, and was a pupil of Sir William Beechey. He also studied in the schools of the Royal Academy. In 1813 he was in Norwich, where he lodged with John Crome, perhaps a former teacher, and godfather to one of his sons. He became one of the prominent painters of the Norwich school, with whom he exhibited for some years. Sharp later was in London, and died at Boulogne in 1840. Sharp appeared as a portrait-painter at the Royal Academy in 1801, but"
"with Frederick and John Berney Crome, the young sons of the artist John Crome, and with James Stark, whose father was a dyer and who would have known George Vincent's father through his business connections. On leaving school Vincent was apprenticed to Crome, perhaps as early as 1812, along with fellow pupils John Berney Crome and James Stark. The three friends, of whom Vincent was the most talented, travelled together on sketching and painting trips, influencing each other's artistic styles in the process. In January 1816 Vincent travelled to France and Holland along with John Berney Crome and a surgeon"
"Thomas Hartley Cromek Thomas Hartley Cromek (1809-1873) was an English artist. Cromek was born on 8 August 1809, the son of the engraver Robert Hartley Cromek. He was educated at Enoch Harrison's school in Wakefield; he then attended the Moravian School at Fulneck, and to the Grammar School at Wakefield, before he eventually returning to Harrison. He had his first lessons in art from James Hunter, a portrait painter at Wakefield, but in 1826 he went to Leeds where he studied landscape painting under Joseph Rhodes, an artist of considerable ability, and also taught himself anatomical drawing. In 1830 he"
"part on the philosophy of Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), who wrote that art should embody ""noble simplicity and calm grandeur"". Many painters followed this course, including Francois Gerard, Antoine-Jean Gros, Anne-Louis Girodet, and Jacques-Louis David, the teacher of Ingres. A competing school, romanticism, emerged first in Germany, and moved quickly to France. It rejected the idea of the imitation of classical styles, which it described as ""gothic"" and ""primitive"". The Romanticists in French painting were led by Theodore Gericault and especially Delacroix. The rivalry first emerged at the Paris Salon of 1824, where Ingres exhibited ""The Vow of Louis XIII"","