Thomas Girtin

1775–1802

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Biography

Thomas Girtin (18 February 1775 – 9 November 1802) was an English watercolourist and etcher. A friend and rival of J. M. W. Turner, Girtin played a key role in establishing watercolour as a reputable art form.

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Artworks

Thomas Girtin The White House at Chelsea

1800

N04728

Thomas Girtin Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

c.1797–9

View by appointment N04409

Thomas Girtin La Rue St Denis

1802

View by appointment T00990

Thomas Girtin Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire

1801

View by appointment T00993

Thomas Girtin Much Wenlock Priory, Shropshire

c.1797

View by appointment D36600

Thomas Girtin Kirkstall Abbey from the North West

c.1797

View by appointment D36639

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin Rome: The Ruined Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus (‘Temple of Minerva Medica’)

c.1796

View by appointment D36565

Thomas Girtin Sunrise on the Sea. Sketching Society Subject

date not known

View by appointment T08196

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Features

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Blue Rigi, Sunrise’ 1842

Art Term

Watercolour

Refers both to the medium and works of art made using the medium of watercolour – a water soluble paint with ...

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Thomas Girtin's gem: 'The White House at Chelsea'

Alison Smith

This is one of the most famous of English watercolours, partly because it was venerated by Turner.

Tate Etc

Colour me British: Watercolour I

Klaus Kertess , Jerry Brotton , Vidya Gastaldon , David Attenborough , Jennifer Higgie , Silke Otto-Knapp , Matsui Fuyuko , Deanna Petherbridge and David Musgrave

Tate Britain is staging a grand survey of watercolour painting in Great Britain, from the early thirteenth century through to ...