Thomas Girtin
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Thomas Girtin was an English watercolourist and etcher. A friend and rival of J. M. W. Turner, Girtin played a key role in establishing watercolour as a reputable art form.
John Opie, Portrait of Thomas Girtin (1775–1802), c.1800. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Jedburgh Abbey from the River (1798-99, watercolour on paper).
The White House at Chelsea (1800), Tate Britain
Interior of Lindisfarne Priory (1797)
J. M. W. Turner
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter and elevated the status of landscape painting. Turner is regarded as one of the greatest and most in
Thomas Girtin
…Thomas Girtin (18 February 1775 – 9 November 1802) was an English watercolourist and etcher. A friend and rival of J. M. W. Turner, Girtin played a key role in establishing watercolour as a reputable art form. Thomas Girtin was born in Southwark, London, the son of a wealthy…
Self-Portrait, c. 1799
Turner, painted posthumously by Linnell (1838)
Turners House, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 1887 by Philip Norman
First artwork exhibited: A View of the Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth, watercolour (1790)