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Artist in the Global Art Registry
John Crome
1768–1821 · British
- Born
- 1768 · Norwich
- Died
- 1821 · Norwich
20 works in the Collect24 Registry
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John Crome, known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his artist son John Berney Crome, was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era. He was a principal artist and founding member of the Norwich School of painters, living in Norwich his entire life, with most of his works depicting Norfolk landscapes.
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John Crome (22 December 1768 – 22 April 1821), once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his artist son John Berney Crome, was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norwich School of painters. He lived in the English city of Norwich for all his life. Most of his works are of Norfolk landscapes. Crome's work is in the collections of public art galleries, including the Tate Gallery and the Royal Academy in London, and the Castle Museum in Norwich. He produced etchings and taught art.
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Registered works
20
In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by John Crome
Selected from 20 works by John Crome in the Collect24 Registry.
John Crome
The Poringland Oak, 1819
oil paint
100.3 × 125.1 cm
Tate
C24-462540
John Crome
Mousehold Heath, Norwich, 1819
oil paint
181 × 109.9 cm
Tate
C24-462659
John Crome
Tree Trunks and Lane, 1811–12
Soft-ground etching on chine collé
20.5 × 16.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-437995
John Crome
Study for Three Trees, January 12, 1812
Graphite (recto); soft ground etching (verso)
21.8 × 17.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-487365
John Crome
Study for Tree Trunks and Lane, ca. 1812
Graphite (recto); soft ground etching (verso)
20.7 × 16.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-486954
John Crome
A Windmill near Norwich, 1816
oil paint
91.4 × 111.1 cm
Tate
C24-462902
John Crome
Moonrise on the Yare (?), 1813
oil paint
111.1 × 71.1 cm
Tate
C24-462536
John Crome
Tree Trunks and Lane, 1811–13
Softground etching on chine collé
20.4 × 16.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-431787
John Crome
Hautbois Common, Norfolk, probably ca. 1810
Oil on canvas
55.9 × 88.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-114810
John Crome
Moonlight on the Yare, c. 1816/1817
oil on canvas
98.4 × 125.7 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-101922
John Crome
Near Magdalen Gate, Norwich, ca. 1790-1821
Drawing
Victoria and Albert Museum
C24-281212

John Crome
Front of the New Mills, 1813
etching
38.5 × 55.7 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-207735
Museums and collections
Where works by John Crome are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
6 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
5 works
- Tate
United Kingdom
5 works
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
2 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
- Yale Center for British Art
United States
1 work
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