Italianate River Landscape 1750-60 William Taverner As early as 1733 John Vertue asserted that Taverner had a "wonderfull genius to drawing of Landskap, in an excellent manner," and the artist is remembered for demonstrating to British artists how Italian and Dutch modes, previously associated with oil painting, could be translated into watercolor. "Italianate River Landscape" beautifully encapsulates Taverners experimental approach. Layers of tone define form, bodycolor strengthens the foliage, and iron gall ink is applied to the shadows. The river resembles a stretch of the Thames near Windsor, while the planar buildings and sinuous composition echo landscapes by the Italian master Paolo Anesi (1697-1773). Taverner earned his living as Procurator-General of the Court of Arches of Canterbury, an ecclesiastical London-based court. This freed him from the drudgery of painting country house views, and enabled him to develop an accomplished body of work admired by Paul Sandy and Thomas G

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Italianate River Landscape 1750-60 William Taverner As early as 1733 John Vertue asserted that Taverner had a "wonderfull genius to drawing of Landskap, in an excellent manner," and the artist is remembered for demonstrating to British artists how Italian and Dutch modes, previously associated with oil painting, could be translated into watercolor. "Italianate River Landscape" beautifully encapsulates Taverners experimental approach. Layers of tone define form, bodycolor strengthens the foliage, and iron gall ink is applied to the shadows. The river resembles a stretch of the Thames near Windsor, while the planar buildings and sinuous composition echo landscapes by the Italian master Paolo Anesi (1697-1773). Taverner earned his living as Procurator-General of the Court of Arches of Canterbury, an ecclesiastical London-based court. This freed him from the drudgery of painting country house views, and enabled him to develop an accomplished body of work admired by Paul Sandy and Thomas G

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