William Holt Yates Titcomb

A British watercolorist active in late 1800s France, Titcomb painted quiet towns and old buildings in Brittany and on the island of Oléron. His brush recorded sunlit gables, crooked lanes, and the solid shapes of stone houses, their details softened by salt air and time. Take a closer look at Old Houses at Oléron, where pale shutters and worn roofs sit still under a blue sky. Then step next door to Quimperlé, Brittany, where a single timbered facade leans into the frame like a story half told.