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George Dodgson Callow
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543
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George Dodgson Callow
See original version (German)
Estimate €400 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
George Dodgson Callow
(1829–1875)
Stormy Weather, 1858
oil on canvas, 102 x 126 cm
signed ‘Goerge D. Callow’
signed and dated on the reverse: ‘Callow George D. 1858 London’
ESTIMATE €400 – €800
STARTING PRICE €400
George Dodgson Callow was a 19th-century English landscape and marine painter. He received his artistic training from his father, William Callow, a renowned watercolourist, and developed a particular talent for landscape and veduta painting at an early age. Throughout his career, he travelled to numerous regions of Great Britain and mainland Europe, capturing their coastlines, river landscapes and towns in atmospheric paintings and watercolours. Callow’s work is characterised by precise observation of nature, a subtle handling of light and a richly detailed rendering of architecture and landscape. A particular focus is on views of coastlines, harbours and river landscapes, which he frequently combined with atmospheric weather conditions. As a representative of 19th-century English landscape painting, he built on the tradition of topographical painting and combined it with the artistic ideals of Romanticism. His works are executed in both oil and watercolour and enjoyed great popularity even during his lifetime. Further artists and styles: William Callow, John Callow, David Cox, Peter De Wint, Samuel Prout, J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painting, marine painting, watercolour painting, landscape painting, coastal landscapes, veduta painting, topographical painting, Victorian painting, plein air painting, Romanticism, observation of nature, atmospheric lighting, Royal Academy of Arts
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