John Crome. John Crome was an English landscape artist of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norwich School of painters.
He lived in Norwich for all his life and most of his works are Norfolk landscapes. He was sometimes known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his son John Berney Crome, who was also a well-known artist.
His work is in the collections of major galleries, including the Tate Gallery and the Royal Academy in London. He is particularly well represented at the Norwich Castle Museum.
He produced etchings and taught art. John Crome was born on 22 December 1768 in Norwich and baptised on 25th December at St George's Church, Tombland, Norwich.
He was the son of John Crome, a weaver, and his wife Elizabeth. After a period working as an errand boy for a doctor, 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 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
He lived in Norwich for all his life and most of his works are Norfolk landscapes. He was sometimes known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his son John Berney Crome, who was also a well-known artist.
His work is in the collections of major galleries, including the Tate Gallery and the Royal Academy in London. He is particularly well represented at the Norwich Castle Museum.
He produced etchings and taught art. John Crome was born on 22 December 1768 in Norwich and baptised on 25th December at St George's Church, Tombland, Norwich.
He was the son of John Crome, a weaver, and his wife Elizabeth. After a period working as an errand boy for a doctor, 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 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
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