Who was Thomas Girtin?
English watercolourist who helped raise the status of watercolour as an art.
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English watercolour · 1775–1802
Thomas Girtin (1775–1802): english watercolour. SketchMap Atlas shows 1 sketch by Thomas Girtin on the world map, each placed where it was drawn.
English watercolourist who helped raise the status of watercolour as an art. He died young, in 1802, and is remembered for broad, atmospheric views of Britain and Paris. He was a friend and rival of J. M. W. Turner.
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English watercolourist who helped raise the status of watercolour as an art.
England. Every sketch is shown on the map at the place where it was made.
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John Constable
Frédéric Mialhe
Franz Junghuhn