A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
A ship anchored off the coast
Auction Closed
July 7, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
Thomas Girtin
Southwark 1775 - 1802 London
A ship anchored off the coast
Watercolour
110 by 196 mm
In his short life Thomas Girtin is credited with helping to bring about a revolution in the art of watercolour painting. Apprenticed in 1789 to Edward Dayes (1763-1804, he emerged from the topographical tradition to produce works of great power and drama. In 1813 the art critic John Hassell wrote that Girtin burst 'like a meteor upon the public'. He added that he was 'the projector of the new school of watercolour painting and that it was to his example [that] we are indebted for the work of the ingenious J.M.W. Turner'.1
1. G. Smith et. al., Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour, London 2002, p. 235
