Bank of Wildflowers Andrew Nicholl Irish 1830–39 Born in Belfast, Nicholl was apprenticed to a newspaper printer before his artistic gifts were noticed and encouraged by the politician Sir James Emerson Tennent. That patron enabled the artist to live in London between 1830 and 1832, where he developed his technique by copying paintings at Dulwich Gallery. Afterwards based in Dublin through 1840, the artist exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy and developed the distinctive mode seen here while supporting himself by painting views of Ireland. Wildflowers—poppies, daisies, and small blue flow
Bank of Wildflowers Andrew Nicholl Irish 1830–39 Born in Belfast, Nicholl was apprenticed to a newspaper printer before his artistic gifts were noticed and encouraged by the politician Sir James Emerson Tennent. That patron enabled the artist to live in London between 1830 and 1832, where he developed his technique by copying paintings at Dulwich Gallery. Afterwards based in Dublin through 1840, the artist exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy and developed the distinctive mode seen here while supporting himself by painting views of Ireland. Wildflowers—poppies, daisies, and small blue flowers which may be cornflowers or flax—screen a low view of a distant coastline, perhaps in County Wicklow. Nicholl effectively combines botanical painting with landscape and the slightly surreal quality of the image is attributable to his non-academic training. View more. Bank of Wildflowers. Andrew Nicholl (Irish, Belfast 1804–1886 London). 1830–39. Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) with reductive techniques. Drawings
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