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Artists›David Wilkie Wynfield

David Wilkie Wynfield

1837

WA-00294890

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WikidataQ1231122 VIAF50092390

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NationalityWikidata· 92%

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Why this artist matters now

David Wilkie Wynfield was a British painter and photographer who gained recognition for his historical genre paintings and his pioneering use of shallow-focus portrait photography.

Source: VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) · Trust score: 85% · Updated 11d ago

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1830 · Brush and brown wash heightened with white gouache over graphite, on tan wove paper

25.6 × 35.8 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Guess My Name

1821 · Black and red Conté crayon, with graphite, heightened with white chalk on tan laid paper, laid down

Primary support: 10.3 × 18 cm (4 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 18 × 25.7 cm (7 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Guess My Name

1816 · Brush and gray wash on off-white wove paper, discolored to beige, laid down on off-white wove card with gilt border, laid down on cream laid paper

Primary support: 10.8 × 10 cm (4 5/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 12 × 11.6 cm (4 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.); Tertiary support: 26.7 × 20.3 cm (10 9/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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1815 · Watercolor over black chalk, with touches of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on card

15.5 × 21.6 cm (6 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute Chicago
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