Artist

Frederick C. Nightingale

Frederick C. Nightingale is a British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Frederick C. Nightingale didn’t travel like other artists, he spent years sketching the same Venice alley from his pension window. His watercolor of San Biagio Church (1868) hides its spires behind laundry lines and a stray cat, all painted with a shaky line that somehow feels precise. You’ll find this work next to Turner’s Venetian scenes in Gallery Tiles; tap it to zoom in and watch how the light turns brick dust into gold.

Works by Frederick C. Nightingale

Collections represented

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