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William Callow

William Callow (1812 - 1908) was active/lived in United Kingdom, England, France.  William Callow is known for Landscapes, city views, and seascape watercolors, engraving.

William Callow, born near London in Greenwich, England, was a painter, primarily in watercolour* early in his career and later in oil.  He also did engravings*.  His watercolor painting was a part of the very popular and respected English tradition of watercolor painting. 

The acceptance of this medium for visual art is linked to 18th-Century topological drawings and map making, and to watercolor sketches used for engravings of exotic sites on the Continent that were popular keepsakes for upper class English people who had taken the 'Grand Tour'. 
In the 19th Century, Joseph M.W. Turner (1775-1851) pioneered the use of watercolor as equal to oil in fine art depictions with his lushly colored, dramatic landscapes.  In 1804, eight years before the birth of Callow, watercolor painters including Turner formed the Society of Painters in Water Colours*, whose descendant was the Royal Watercolour Society*.&   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5567 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about William Callow

William Callow, born near London in Greenwich, England, was a painter, primarily in watercolour* early in his career and later in oil.  He also did engravings*.  His watercolor painting was a part of the very popular and respected English tradition of watercolor painting. 

The acceptance of this medium for visual art is linked to 18th-Century topological drawings and map making, and to watercolor sketches used for engravings of exotic sites on the Continent that were popular keepsakes for upper class English people who had taken the 'Grand Tour'. 
In the 19th Century, Joseph M.W. Turner (1775-1851) pioneered the use of watercolor as equal to oil in fine art depictions wit  ...  Displaying 750 of 5567 characters.

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