100 Great Artists

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THOMAS GIRTIN

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The Tithe B3m. AhbotdlUry (1797)

Girt;', aftm tinud ,b, ,hub" tbill b, moo, in til<"pm air, IlJrbcugb b,

",,,ally limi"d bi"",li'o r~'O or 1M" c%un. Mllny form,d tb. harr,,,

finj,b.d ;;:aurro/()Ur1/mt, '" tb. ,igTlllrur. b", rugg'ITT, hi, "PU,,,riM

,"'''lit ,b", ",Ii",,,,rr t. .... '" ,;:il/ing to Imy bi, ,h,dm too

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homos G irtin m.ried a high ]",;n, in

the Engli'h schm] of iandsCl.l'c

"'"1"'n:(~()uri".<. In his day. his ",,,rl

was al,..,,)"s oollll"mi with ,h., ,,(Turner. the

ConsenSus being th .. Tum..... Iohourcd

iustifi.l~r to I'<oduct: a Ilene.-fini,h. bUl tI,.,

Ginin's '<b ring and I;g""'u, en'CUtion' ,,,'''' an

indication of I\"nius.

If",m. It ,,-as. m<."Chanical tasl but both ,,,ung

m<"n ",in,,1 much fnll" it. ,\lomu's Lon<kln

hous<: ,,-as a mc<~ing pb<:<: ~"artists nJ " o .. k,

study .nd " ",iali",. From these gatherings,

pnJfessional societies "ere Set up and

exhibition< o .. g;.niu:d.

A hul\" oil"p,inted pmo""", of Lln(kln,

""lied the Eioo'"""'I"'I1" p""id,,1 G irtin with

G irtin learned to dn,.. .nd colour his higg<:<t ch.llmge: he co", ... ,,1 181 square

tOI",graphi",,1 and architectural liL''''s as an , .. "Is of Cam .. S first with a dettiled graphite

app",,,,i<:<:. Often. this m""nt -"",king up' &,." dn",ing and the::n colour ,ketches, nl regulariu:

another ani«'s slctch. Nor ,,-as it unusual~" light and ",cather cl"li::ctS On the "",,,,II lie,...

twO ani,,,, to mgagt: On the same p'e<:<:. In the:: Girtin cunducted an open air Stu<~o as he

mid-1790s G irrin and Turner "cre ""plo)'ed "'o(k,,1 up and (k,wn llri .. in (Cotman he""me

tog<~her by. I"trun, Th'Mnas ,\ lonro. Girrin one of his pup' Is) e",uring that he p"1S8,,1 on his

drew the outiines from ,ketches by the kn<",'ledge he~,,,, his untimely death • t the 'b'"

Iand"",p'« J.R. COl.<."T)S , and Turner c,~our,,1 oftwe",y-sL~'m.