Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

THOMAS GIRTIN (1775-18o2)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 51 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

THOMAS See also:GIRTIN (1775-18o2)  , See also:English painter and etcher, was the son of a well-to-do cordage maker in See also:Southwark, See also:London . His See also:father died while See also:Thomas was a See also:child, and his widow married Mr See also:Vaughan, a See also:pattern-draughtsman . See also:Girtin learnt See also:drawing as a boy, and was apprenticed to See also:Edward Doyes (1763-1804), the See also:mezzotint engraver, and he soon made J . M . W . See also:Turner's acquaintance . His architectural and topographical sketches and drawings soon established his reputation, his use of See also:water-See also:colour for landscapes being such as to give him the See also:credit of having created See also:modern water-colour See also:painting, as opposed to See also:mere " tinting." His etchings also were characteristic of his See also:artistic See also:genius . His See also:early See also:death from See also:consumption (9th of See also:November 1802) led indeed to Turner saying that " had Tom Girtin lived I should have starved." From 1794 to his death he was an exhibitor at the Royal See also:Academy; and some See also:fine examples of his See also:work have been bequeathed by private owners to the See also:British Museum and the See also:Victoria and See also:Albert Museum .

End of Article: THOMAS GIRTIN (1775-18o2)
[back]
GIRONDISTS (Fr. Girondins)
[next]
GIRVAN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.