Anthony Robert Klitz (3 September 1917 – 19 September 2000) was an artist who specialised in cityscapes, notably London

London

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. He was born in Southport

Southport

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, attended Bishop Wordsworth's School

Bishop Wordsworth's School

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 in Salisbury

Salisbury

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 and studied art at the Cheltenham Art College (1936-1939), whilst simultaneously training to be an architect. He died in Dublin.

"In comparison with other great capitals of the world London remains astonishingly unpainted. Mr. Klitz, an artist with a fine sense of architectural atmosphere and character, has done a great deal to redress the balance. His pictures show a fine but restrained sense of colour and he is engagingly sensitive to the London scene. Mr. Klitz is an artist - and this is a high tribute indeed - whose work will appeal equally to those who live in London and to those who have paid a visit to London, and want to have something by which to remember it. Whether it is Horse Guards Parade

Horse Guards Parade

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or the River, Mr. Klitz has captured that strange pearly light which is the secret of so much of London's grace."

Klitz was a prolific artist, in oil on canvas, with London street and "formal" military scenes such as uniformed guardsmen on duty featuring substantially in his work.

External references

• Klitz Family History