Artist
Thomas Witlam Atkinson
Thomas Witlam Atkinson is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Hermitage Museum.
Thomas Witlam Atkinson painted scenes of people in 19th-century clothes, mostly with oil paints. In 1849 he made the Portrait of Alexander Sokolovsky in Childhood, showing a young man in a dark coat with light details. The smooth brushwork and careful lighting belong to the era’s portrait tradition. Tap the portrait to see how Atkinson framed his subject in soft focus against a plain background.
Works by Thomas Witlam Atkinson
Collections represented
Museum
The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the…