Musée No:737.189 Size:A2 - 594mm x 420mm He influenced several younger Finnish

He influenced several younger Finnish painters in Antwerp and Paris

He died in Paris on Valentines day 1876

They had one child

Another area where Smirke was an innovator was in the use of quantity surveyors to rationalise the various 18th-century systems of estimating and measuring building work

He created the fashion for the American version of the Barbizon school style of luminous atmospheric painting

Musée No:737.189 Size:A2 - 594mm x 420mm He influenced several younger FinnishSt Paul's Cathedral from St Martin's le Grand, London Artist: Thomas Girtin Date: ca. 1795 Friend and rival of JMW Turner, Girtin (1775 1802) was an English watercolourist and etcher who helped to establish watercolour as an art form. He became friends with Turner whilst they were teenagers and employed to colour prints with watercolours. However, unlike Turner, Girtin remained an outsider to the art establishment: he didnt study at the Academy's