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1787 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1787, art Events from the year 1787 in art. Events * Seventeen-year-old Thomas Lawrence arrives in London and takes lodgings near Sir Joshua Reynolds. Works * Jacques-Louis David – ''The Death of Socrates'' (completed) * Thomas Gainsborough ** '':File:Thomas Gainsborough Lady Georgiana Cavendish.jpg, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire'' ** ''Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting), Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan'' * Francisco Goya ** ''Highwaymen Attacking a Coach'' ** The Snowstorm (Winter)' ** The Swing' * Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – '':File:Lebr04.jpg, Marie Antoinette and her Children'' (completed) * Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine – '':File:Lemoine Portrait dame fils fille balcon fenêtre.jpg, Portrait of a Woman with Her Son and Daughter in a Balcony Window'' * George Romney (painter), George Romney – Mrs Jordan as Peggy' * Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein – '':File:Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein 007.jpg, Goethe in the Campagna'' Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lawrence
Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at the Bear Hotel in the Market Square. At age ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his pastel portraits. At 18 he went to London and soon established his reputation as a portrait painter in oil paint, oils, receiving his first royal commission, a portrait of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte, in 1790. He stayed at the top of his profession until his death, aged 60, in 1830. Self-taught, he was a brilliant draughtsman and known for his gift of capturing a likeness, as well as his virtuoso handling of paint. He became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1791, a full member in 1794, and president in 1820. In 1810 he acquired the generous patronage of the George IV, Prince Regent, was sent abroad to paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
