John Crome (1768-1821) founded which School of Painting?
John Berney Crome in the USA for $35,000. John Berney Crome John Berney (or Barney) Crome (1 December 1794 – 15 September 1842) was an English landscape and marine painter associated with the Norwich School of painters. He is sometimes known by the nickname 'Young Crome' to distinguish him from his father John, known as 'Old Crome'. John Berney Crome was born in Norwich, Norfolk, on 1 December 1794, the eldest of the seven surviving children of John Crome (1768–1821), painter, and his wife, Phoebe Berney. His father was a distinguished landscape artist and a founder of the Norwich Society of Artists. Realising
John Berney Crome He became a member of the Norwich Society of Artists and exhibited many of his pictures there between 1806 and 1830. He was appointed Vice-President of the Society in 1818, and subsequently President on several occasions. On the death of John Crome in April 1821, John Berney Crome continued his father's art teaching practice and occupied the family house in Gildengate Street, Norwich, to which he added a studio. In conjunction with John Sell Cotman, he took a lively interest in the Norwich Society of Artists in 1828, which had closed in 1825 after the demolition of its old premises.