. English: 'Margate' During the 1890s the Dowdeswell Galleries, London, held several exhibitions of Wyllie's watercolours. In 1896 over a hundred coastal subjects were exhibited in “'Salt-Water Studies', of 'Sunshine, Storms, and Calms'”, and this atmospheric watercolour may have been among them. The reviewer of the 'Athenæum' literary magazine commented that: 'In these the painter has, with incomparable skill, given us the sea in all her the gradations and the atmosphere lack neither subtlety nor tenderness; and it is a supreme charm of Mr Wyllie's art that harmonies of tone, colour
. English: 'Margate' During the 1890s the Dowdeswell Galleries, London, held several exhibitions of Wyllie's watercolours. In 1896 over a hundred coastal subjects were exhibited in “'Salt-Water Studies', of 'Sunshine, Storms, and Calms'”, and this atmospheric watercolour may have been among them. The reviewer of the 'Athenæum' literary magazine commented that: 'In these the painter has, with incomparable skill, given us the sea in all her the gradations and the atmosphere lack neither subtlety nor tenderness; and it is a supreme charm of Mr Wyllie's art that harmonies of tone, colour, and light dominate his most splendidly and sumptuously coloured ' ‘Athenæum’, No. 3573, April 18, 1896. 'Margate' . circa 1890s. William Lionel Wyllie (1851–1931) Alternative names W. L. Wyllie Description British painter Date of birth/death 5 July 1851 6 April 1931 Location of birth/death London London Authority control : Q2579750 VIAF:?30430865 ISNI:?0000 0001 1050 1763 ULAN:?500007278 LCCN:?n84116203 NLA:?36532068 WorldCat 4 'Margate' RMG PW2141
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