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Girtin at the Tate. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
Joseph Mallord William Turner and Thomas Girtin were both born in 1775, and their careers were in parallel until Girtin's death at the age of twenty-seven. Turner was well aware of his colleague's prodigious talents, for he remarked that "if Tom had lived I would have starved."
Girtin specialized in landscape watercolors at a time when this was a relative novelty. Initially he made topographical drawings in the old style, that is tinted drawings or monochromatic works with washes suggesting color. Works from his 1796 tour of Scotland show that his technique had changed: the drawings had become watercolors--true paintings and works of art in their own right. He was one of the first to make watercolors in the romantic mode, which Turner developed fully.
Watercolor was not ...
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire July 16, 2001 700+ words
...an important watercolour, by Thomas Girtin (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...the British landscape painter Thomas Girtin (1775-1802). This will provide...A Grand View of Snowdon, by Thomas Girtin, deferred at the recommended...
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- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) January 10, 2002 700+ words
...have acquired for some time. Thomas Girtin's large watercolour, Near Beddgelert...A Grand View of Snowdon) by Thomas Girtin will be unveiled at the National...assistant, hangs Near Beddgelert by Thomas Girtin Picture: ANDREW JAMES
- Cheated by death.(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) Hensher, Philip August 4, 2002 700+ words
Byline: PHILIP HENSHER Thomas Girtin: The Art Of Watercolour Tate Britain, London Until September 29 **** Recommended Thomas Girtin is one of the great, tantalising might-have-beens...
- Gallery set to show off new prize watercolour.(News)
- Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) January 10, 2002 700+ words
...A Grand View of Snowdon) painted by Thomas Girtin just three years before his death...Born in Southwark in south London, Girtin was a friend and contemporary of JMW...AQUISITION 'A Grand View of Snowdon' by Thomas Girtin.
- At NGA, the Greats Outdoors; `English Drawings & Watercolors': Modest...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Benjamin Forgey December 14, 1987 700+ words
...Alexander Cozens, Marcellus Laroon, Thomas Girtin, Julius Caesar Ibbetson or David...show I unhesitatingly would choose Girtin's "Village Along a River Estuary...great, and so is the drawing). Girtin died young-at age 27, in 1802...
- Roundup and about: July 2002. (Frontline).(art exhibitions)
- Magazine article from: History Today July 1, 2002 700+ words
...on the artist to discuss his life, art and legacy. Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour July 4th to September 29th Tate Britain, Millbank London SW1P 4RG Tel: 020 7887 8000 Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), a key figure in the establishment...
- Small painting's large price tag.(News Local)
- Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) March 20, 2004 700+ words
...commissioned the picture. Painter Thomas Girtin was himself an enigma, dying at...best painters of his generation. Girtin's friend and contemporary Joseph...reported to have said: "Had Tom Girtin lived, I should have starved...
- Art of the elemental.(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Hall, James November 16, 2001 700+ words
...collection is particularly strong in the work of Girtin, Turner and Cotman. The short-lived Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) is the most ascetic of watercolourists...distance, like a tantalising white oasis. Girtin's magnificently eerie View of the Gate of...
