Editing John Crome (section)

==Works==
[[File:CromeSheds.jpg|left|thumb|''Sheds and Old Houses on the Yare'', c. 1803, [[Clark Art Institute]], [[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]]]]
Crome, who is sometimes referred to as "Old Crome",{{sfn|Cole|Van Dyke|1902|p=141}} worked in both [[watercolour]] and [[Oil paint|oil]], producing more than 300 oil paintings during his career.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

Between 1809 and 1813 he made a series of [[etching]]s. They were not published in his lifetime, although he issued a prospectus announcing his intention to do so.{{sfn|Cundall|1920|page=15}}

His two main influences are considered to be [[Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch 17th-century painting]] and the work of the Welsh landscape painter [[Richard Wilson (painter)|Richard Wilson]]. Along with the artist [[John Constable]], Crome was one of the earliest English painters to represent identifiable species of trees, rather than generalised forms.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=483{{ndash}}484}} 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]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

The art historian [[Andrew Hemingway (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.{{sfn|Hemingway|2016|p=302}} An example of the latter is the oil painting ''Boys Bathing on the River Wensum, Norwich'', which was painted in 1817.<ref name=yale>{{cite web |url=https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1670799 |work=Yale Center for British Art |title=Boys Bathing on the River Wensum, Norwich |access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> It depicts a scene at [[River Wensum#Watermills|New Mills]], the location of several of Crome's works.{{sfn|Hemingway|2016|p=347}}