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Robert West (painter)
Robert West (died November 1770) was an Irish artist, draughtsman and teacher. Life and family He was born in Waterford, where his father was an alderman. Very little is known of his early life. He studied drawing and painting at the French Academy under François Boucher and Jean-Baptiste van Loo around 1735, and it is claimed he was awarded the first medal of the French Academy. Upton house, Northampton holds an oil painting from this period signed by West entitled ''Thomas Smith and his family''. West had 2 sons with his wife Mary. West died in November 1770 at Lurgan Street, Dublin. Career Upon his return to Ireland, West founded a drawing school in George's Lane, Dublin in the late 1730s. Under the influence of Samuel Maddne, the school was commissioned by the Dublin Society to teach pupils from around 1744. In 1757, the Dublin Society established a drawing school, with West as Master, which would later develop into the National College of Art and Design. In 1747, 2 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterford
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William Peters (painter)
Matthew William Peters (1742 – 20 March 1814) was an English portrait and genre painter who later became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain to George IV. He became known as "William" when he started signing his works as "W. Peters".Simon, Robin. "Matthew William Peters". Life Peters was born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, the son of Matthew Peters (born at Belfast, 1711), a civil engineer and member of the Royal Dublin Society; by Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of George Younge of Dublin. The family moved from England to Dublin when Peters was young, where his father "advised on the improvement of loughs and rivers for navigation". and published two treatises on the subject. Peters received his artistic training from Robert West in Dublin; in 1756 and 1758 he received prizes from the first School of Design in Dublin. In 1759, he was sent by the Dublin Society to London to become a student of Thomas Hudson and won a premium from the Society of Arts. The group also paid for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770 Deaths
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People From County Waterford
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Irish Male Artists
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18th-century Irish Painters
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George Bell & Sons
George Bell & Sons was a book publishing house located in London, United Kingdom, from 1839 to 1986. History George Bell & Sons was founded by George Bell as an educational bookseller, with the intention of selling the output of London university presses; but became best known as an independent publisher of classics and children's books. One of Bell's first investments in publishing was a series of ''Railway Companions''; that is, booklets of timetables and tourist guides. Within a year Bell's publishing business had outstripped his retail business, and he elected to move from his original offices into Fleet Street. There G. Bell & Sons branched into the publication of books on art, architecture, and archaeology, in addition to the classics for which the company was already known. Bell's reputation was only improved by his association with Henry Cole. In the mid-1850s, Bell expanded again, printing the children's books of Margaret Gatty (''Parables from Nature'') and Julia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lucius West
Robert Lucius West (circa 1774 - 24 January 1850) was an Irish artist, draughtsman and teacher. Life and family Robert Lucius West was born around 1774 in Dublin. His parents were artist Francis Robert and his second wife Ellen West (née Walsh). West's grandfather was Robert West the artist and master of the Dublin Society figure school, a position his father also held. West studied under his father at that school, and was awarded prize medals in 1795 and 1796. West does not appear to have married. He died on 3 June 1850 and is buried in Mount Jerome cemetery. Career West's first exhibited works were two paintings, ''Portrait of a gentleman'' and ''Portrait of a young lady'', with the Society of Artists of Ireland in 1800. By this time he was working as an assistant with his father at the drawing school. He exhibited more paintings with the Society in 1801 and 1802. His portrait of John Foster in 1807 won a prize of 50 guineas from the Society, and West used this money to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Robert West
Francis Robert West (c. 1749 – 24 January 1809) was an Irish artist, draughtsman and teacher. Life and family Francis Robert West was born in Dublin around 1749. He was the eldest son of Robert and Maria West. He received his initial training from his father. West was married twice, first to Angelica Wolverston, with Strickland describing him as a "most unwilling bridegroom". His second marriage was to Ellen Walsh. He had 4 sons, Lucius Francis, William who became a surgeon in the navy, while Micheal and Robert Lucius both became artists. Robert Lucius succeeded his father as master of the Dublin Society School. Between 1770 and 1771, he lived at "Mrs Duff's, Cope Street", moving to Exchequer Street in 1772, where he lived for the rest of his life. West died on 24 January 1809 at his home at 31 Exchequer Street. Career West was an accomplished draughtsman like his father, and spoke fluent French. In 1770, West took over as master of the Dublin Society drawing school his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Ennis
Jacob Ennis (1728-1770) was an Irish historical and portrait painter. He studied at Dublin under Robert West, and afterwards in Italy. He subsequently became a master in the Dublin Art School. Life Jacob Ennis was baptised at St Peter's church, Dublin on 29 February 1728. His parents were James and Margaret Ennis. He attended the Dublin Society school of drawing at George's Lane, training under Robert West. He received premiums in 1747, 1748, and 1750 while a student. He died, through a fall from his horse, in the county of Wicklow, in 1770. Career Under the patronage of Arthur Jones Nevill, Ennis travelled to Italy to study, arriving in Rome in late January 1954. While there he shared lodgings with James Forrester and Robert Crone. He studied at Accademia del Nudo in 1755 under Anton Raphael Mengs and Pompeo Batoni, and later visited Florence. At Accademia di San Luca he won 7th prize for painting at the triennial competition in November 1754. In 1755 and 1756, he wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas James Mulvany
Thomas James Mulvany (1779–1845) was an Irish painter and keeper of the Royal Hibernian Academy. Life Mulvany was an exhibitor with the Dublin Society of Artists, at the rooms of the Dublin Society in Hawkins Street, Dublin, in May 1809. When the Dublin Society in 1819 disposed of their premises and the artists were left without a place for exhibition, Mulvany, with his brother, John George Mulvany, also a painter, was active in advocating for a charter of incorporation to the artists of Ireland. A charter was obtained in 1823 and the Royal Hibernian Academy founded under the presidency of Francis Johnston; Mulvany and his brother were two of the 14 academicians first elected. Subsequently Mulvany became keeper of the Academy, in 1841. He died in 1845. Works Mulvany wrote for '' The Citizen'' on Irish artists. During the last years of his life Mulvany was employed in editing the ''Life'' of James Gandon. The book was published in 1846. It was based on papers of James Gandon t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Reni
Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure in the Bolognese School that emerged under the influence of the Carracci. Biography Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the only child of Daniele Reni and Ginevra Pozzi.Spear, Richard E. "Reni, Guido". ''Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online''. Oxford University Press. Apprenticed at the age of nine to the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert, he was soon joined in that studio by Albani and Domenichino. When Reni was about twenty years old, the three Calvaert pupils migrated to the rising rival studio, named ''Accademia degli Incamminati'' (Academy of the "newly embarked", or progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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