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Theophilus Clarke (1776? – 1831) was an English painter.
Clarke is stated to have been born in 1776. He was a student at the
Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
1776 births 1831 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters Associates of the Royal Academy Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub
Biography
Clarke is stated to have been born in 1776. He was a student at the Royal Academy Schools
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 purpo ...
, and also enjoyed the privilege of being John Opie's pupil. He first exhibited at the Royal 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 ...
itself in 1795, sending ''Una—from Spenser's Faery Queene'' and ''A Shepherd Boy''. In 1803 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy and continued exhibiting until 1810.
The bulk of his work consisted of portraits, among those exhibited being portraits of Charles Kemble
Charles Kemble (25 November 1775 – 12 November 1854) was a Welsh-born English actor of a prominent theatre family.
Life
Charles Kemble was one of 13 siblings and the youngest son of English Roman Catholic theatre manager/actor Roger Kemble ...
, the Countess of Erne, Lieutenant-colonel and Lady Caroline Stuart-Wortley, Lord and Lady Mulgrave, Count Woronzow, and others. He also painted and exhibited landscapes, fishing, domestic, and fancy subjects. Among these were ''Dorothea—from Don Quixote'', exhibited in 1802, and engraved in mezzotint by William Say; ''The Lovers'' and ''The Pensive Girl'',' from Thomson's '' Seasons''; ''Margate, fishing boats going out''; and ''A view of the common fields at Hayes, Middlesex''. He also exhibited occasionally at the British Institution
The British Institution (in full, the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom; founded 1805, disbanded 1867) was a private 19th-century society in London formed to exhibit the works of living and dead artists; it w ...
. Clarke resided in London and died in early 1831, being buried on 17 April.
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*Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
1776 births 1831 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters Associates of the Royal Academy Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub