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A Passion for Landscape: Rediscovering John Crome

• 17 May 2021 - 5 September 2021
• Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
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A Passion for Landscape: Rediscovering John Crome celebrates one of Britain’s great Romantic artists. The first major exhibition dedicated to John Crome since 1968, it provides a long-overdue opportunity to rediscover this important artist, reinstating Crome’s national reputation by re-evaluating his role in the history of British landscape painting.

Norwich-based, Crome exhibited at London’s Royal Academy and the British Institution and founded the first art society in Britain outside the capital, the Norwich School of Artists, now internationally known as the Norwich School of Painting.

While Crome often looked to the 17^th century Dutch Old Masters, his interpretation was modern and distinctly his own. A careful observer of the natural world, Crome rooted his work in his local surroundings. He provided a snapshot of the Norfolk landscape, focusing on quiet corners, small streams, creaking gates and ancient trees. Crome kept his compositions simple; landscapes were rarely over-populated thus giving an overriding impression of light and air. Views of Norwich regularly feature in his oeuvre, as does the Norfolk coast.

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Exhibition credits

The exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the Norwich Museums in their centenary anniversary year. The exhibition is also supported by East Anglia Art Fund and Arts Council England.