Norfolk is a county of arts and culture with around a thousand Norfolk-based artists, from music to sculpture and painters; Norfolk offers a spectacular variety of art festivals, exhibitions, shows, and events throughout the year. Art from Norfolk has transformed the place into a cultural hub.
Let us look at few artists from the area. First up is Ricardo Pimentel, Portuguese-British artist from Norfolk who works with screen prints, mixed and photographic media. With his art, he aims to inspire and encourage reflections and contemplation.
He presents the landscape of Norfolk from an outsider’s perspective, and his works have been a feature in many exhibitions and commissions in the area.
Next up is John Crome, who was an English landscape painter and ether. Chrome lived in Norwich until he died in 1821, and much of his work focused on the beautiful Norfolk landscape.
It is believed that Frances Whistler taught Chrome about the paintings and how to combine them when he became an apprentice at 14. He worked in a printing and engraving company.
John Thurtle, known for his miniaturist and watercolor paintings, was born in Norwich in 1777 and spent the rest of his life in the city. He moved to London in 1799 to begin his apprenticeship, where he learned to make frames.
Post that, he returned to Norwich returned and began making photo frames and prints in a shop on Magdalene Street. He became a member of the Norwich School of Painters, where he was vice president between 1806 and 1812.
John Sell Cotman was a Norwegian-born painter and etcher. After attending Norwich School, he moved to London in 1798, at the age of 16, and became a member of The Monroe Circle. Cotman primarily used watercolors to create his masterpieces, and at the age of 18, Cotman exhibited his work at the Royal Academy of Arts before traveling to paint landscapes in England, Wales, and Yorkshire.
Cotman returned to Norfolk in 180 and joined the Norwich School of Painters, and in 1811 he became president of the Society. In 1825, Cotman became a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolors, and in 1834, was elected Master of Landscape Drawing at King’s College School in London. Cotman’s work can be seen at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery and Tate Britain.
Anthony Friedrich Augustus Sandis was born in Norwich in 1829 and inherited an interest in painting from his father. He attended the Norwich Grammar School and the Norwich School of Design, which is now the Norwich University of Arts.
Sandis was primarily an artist, painter, and illustrator. His drawings were displayed at the Norwich Art Union in 1839, and he won Royal Society of Arts medals in 1846 and 1847. He later moved to London, and his works were displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts and joined pre-raphaelites. His works can be seen at Tate Britan.
