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Londoner artist Stephen Wiltshire draws detailed panoramas of cities from memory

United Kingdom Architecture News - May 05, 2017 - 14:16   12474 views

Londoner artist Stephen Wiltshire draws detailed panoramas of cities from memory

A Londoner artist Stephen Wiltshire conquers the world with his impressive and detailed cityscapes after he just once memorised the urban vista. His particular talent lies behind an accurate representation of the cities, presented in an elaborative, sensitive way. 

Stephen Wiltshire’s meticulously detailed panoramas are so intricate that you would be forgiven for thinking that he spent weeks closely studying the architecture of our cities. His work becomes all the more impressive when you discover that Wiltshire gazes at an urban vista just once to memorise it. Sometimes, he takes a whistle-stop tour of a city’s skyline by helicopter, only to produce a finished impression in a matter of days.....Continue Reading

Top image: Stephen Wiltshire draws a panorama of Mexico City. Image © Mario Guzman/EPA

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