In Tate Britain
In Tate Britain
Biography
Francis Towne (1739 or 1740 – 7 July 1816) was a British watercolour painter of landscapes that range from the English Lake District to Naples and Rome. After a long period of obscurity, his work has been increasingly recognised from the early 20th century onwards.
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Read full Wikipedia entryArtworks
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Francis Towne The Top of the Splügen Pass. II
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Francis Towne Near Florence
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Francis Towne La Chapérieux
1781 -
Francis Towne Monte Cavo, I
1781 -
Francis Towne The Walls of Rome
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Francis Towne A View at Ambleside
1786 -
Francis Towne Bisone
1781 -
Francis Towne Waterfall near Ambleside
1786
Features
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Lure of the wild: Watercolour II
The artist Francis Towne’s near abstract eighteenth-century watercolours of Swiss glaciers were to inspire Eric Ravilious more than a century …
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MicroTate 11
Microtate 11: Carsten Nicolai, Duncan Marquis, Piers Faccini and Andrew Graham-Stewart, Tate Etc.
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