MARSHALL, HERBERT MENZIES

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Herbert Menzies Marshall (1841-1913) was of Yorkshire, England. He studied Architecture, and became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1868. He, however, became a Painter and Illustrator. He was also a cricketer, batsmen who played mostly for Cambridge University.

He was a member of the Royal Water colour Society (RWS) and Royal Society of Painters and Etchers. He was an urban landscape painter, mainly in London area. He illustrated several books, In 1904, he was appointed Professor of Landscape Painting at Queen's College, London.

He worked with Water Colours. His landscapes include atmospheric effects of the morning twilight zone. 

 

JAN WEISSENBRUCH

 

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture by Gautam Shah

Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824-1903) was a Dutch Painter of the Hague School. He is noted especially for his watercolours. Weissenbruch's early works show, strong influence of Dutch Romanticism. He found his inspiration in the surroundings of the city, where he resided. After 1875, Weissenbruch regularly returned to the wet landscapes, found in the areas surrounding Nieuwkoop and Noorden. He only travelled abroad once.

Weissenbruch's early landscapes and city scenes were in meticulous details. But over the years he began to attend to the form, through plain colours. He exploited shadows showing the sunlit parts on one face, and shadowed parts on the other side of the street, creating a balance. He often began with on-site preparatory architectural sketches. His Interiors, unlike architectural scenes are simple factual spaces, bereft of details of being lived-in areas. 

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ATTILIO PRATELLA

 

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

Attilio Pratella (1856-1949) was an Italian painter of landscapes and realistic scenes of urban life. He studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, and also at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli.

Pratella's work consists of many small, quickly rendered views of Naples. He used vibrant colours, alternating with sudden warm tones, and strong whites. His favourite subjects were markets, street corner hawkers, water-fronts with architectural back drops, and rain soaked streets. Pratella preferred oil paints, but for studies, sketches and portraits he used crayon pastels.

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