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A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont de la Tournelle
A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont de la Tournelle & Notre Dame taken from the Arsenal, 1802. Girtin, along with his rival J. M. W. Turner, extended the technical possibilities of watercolour and in doing so demonstrated that watercolours could have the visual impact of oils. His reduction of landscape to simple and monumental forms, his panoramic compositions, and his sensitivity to natural effects, such as cloud formations, influenced subsequent generations of watercolour painters. Anxious to take advantage of the Peace of Amiens (October 1, 1801), Girtin went to Paris to see the artistic treasures brought back from Italy by Napoleon and installed in the Louvre. He made graphite sketches of the city and its environs and upon his return to London made etchings based on his drawings. Girtin died of tuberculosis shortly thereafter, and the series was published by his widow and brother
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1775 1802 1779 1856 Frederick Christian Lewis Frederick Christian Lewis British Thomas Girtin Thomas Girtin British
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