The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Figures Seated by a Lake in a Wooded Landscape
1820
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
John Martin's biographer believed that his early landscapes, such as this one, were inspired by classical texts by Ovid.Description
Before he became famous as a history painter, John Martin earned a living by teaching and painting watercolors. His so-called sepia drawings, landscapes in monochromatic wash, found an enthusiastic audience. The artist’s method for painting foliage in these drawings was idiosyncratic; form and texture were created almost entirely in negative spaces without the use of line. Highlighted leaves, bark, vines, and roots were delineated with the white of the paper, creating a peculiar, instantly recognizable, spongy effect.- 1996(sale, Christie's, London, July 9, 1996, no. 33)1996-1997(Kate Ganz Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)1997-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lemonedes, Heather. British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013. Cat 19a, pg 60-63
- British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
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