Wednesday, October 29, 2008

James Thomas Linnell - South Coast


inscribed No.2/South Coast/1864
oil on canvas
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1820 - 1895.
The second son of John Linnell, he lived in London and later at Redhill, Surrey. He painted mainly rustic landscapes in a style similar to his father but with a brighter palette.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a interesting blog!
i shall be making return visits in my quest for British Coastel scenes that i have recently started on my bog.
I like the way you just show the paintings and bot a lot of text!
a brilliant resource.

Hermes said...

Thank you. To me these lovely pictures speak for themselves.