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James Francis Danby was an English landscape painter who excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset.
He died of apoplexy in London in 1875 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. The inscription on the headstone above his plot (no.20952) has completely worn away.
James Francis Danby was an English landscape painter who excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset.
Biography
Danby was born at Bristol in 1816, the son of Francis Danby, A.R.A. His works appeared at theRoyal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
, and at the Society of British Artists, of which latter he was a member. Amongst his best works are:
* ''Loch Lomond''.
* ''Dover, from the Canterbury Road''. 1849.
* ''Dumbarton Rock''. 1854.
* ''Morning on the Thames''. 1860.
* ''Wreck on Exmouth Bar''. 1861.
* ''Carrickfergus Castle''. 1867.
* ''North Shields: Sunrise''. 1869.
He died of apoplexy in London in 1875 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. The inscription on the headstone above his plot (no.20952) has completely worn away.
References
* 1816 births 1875 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English landscape painters Artists from Bristol {{England-painter-stub