Artist
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson is a Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson painted watercolours of early colonial life in Van Diemen’s Land around the 1840s. In Sketching in Van Diemen's Land he shows artist John Skinner Prout at work outdoors, capturing the rugged landscape and settlers’ camps with quick, documentary strokes. The loose, light washes and muted greens mark a quiet British response to the new antipodean scenery. Tap the sketch itself to see how Simpkinson framed Prout against the raw bush and distant hills.
Works by Francis Guillemard Simpkinson
Collections represented
Artists in a similar vein
Artist
