Water-colour painter. Born Great Bandy Leg Walk, Southwark but brought up in the City. Worked alongside Turner as a copyist 1794 to 1797. Toured Britain painting local views. 1802 Girtin painted the 'Eidometropolis', a circular panorama of London, 18 ft high and 108 ft in circumference which was well received but has not survived. Died in his studio in the The Strand, only 27.
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Thomas Girtin
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Philip de Laszlo
Painter. Born Budapest. In 1907 moved to London and stayed, though he often travelled for portrait commissions which included many royal families. His good relations with what became the enemy in...
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John Singer Sargent
Born Florence, Italy. Prolific American painter, specializing in portraits. After 1910 he turned his attention to painting murals and watercolours of Alpine and Italian landscapes. Died Tite Street.
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T. A. Greeves
Architect and artist. Born Thomas Affleck Greeves. Studied at the Cambridge School of Architecture, but never actually designed any functional buildings. Instead he produced a series of fantastical...
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Piet Mondrian
Painter. Born the Netherlands. September 1938, avoiding the Nazis, he moved to Hampstead and, assisted by Ben Nicholson, rented a room in the house with the plaque. He painted it white, includin...
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