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W. Alister Macdonald
W. Alister Macdonald is an Art Nouveau artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This Scottish painter lived in Venice long enough to stop looking like a tourist. He carried a paintbox up the narrow stairs of the Palazzo Pesaro just to record the way afternoon light pooled on the marble floors. Sound boring?
In watercolor it turns into a quiet riot of ochers and umbers. If you’ve ever squinted at a building and lost track of the hours, hunt down his 1913 sheet of the Palazzo Pesaro, it’s the closest thing to a time-lapse in paint.
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