John Berney Ladbrooke (31 October 180311 July 1879) was an English

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composi ...

and

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

, who was associated with the

Norwich School of painters The Norwich School of painters was the first provincial art movement established in Britain, active in the early 19th century. Artists of the school were inspired by the natural environment of the Norfolk landscape and owed some influence to the wo ...

Life

Ladbrooke was born in the English county of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

on 31 October 1803. He was the third of four sons of the painter

Robert Ladbrooke Robert Ladbrooke (1768 – 11 October 1842) was an English landscape painter who, along with John Crome, founded the Norwich School of painters. His sons Henry Ladbrooke and John Berney Ladbrooke were also associated with the Norwich School. Ea ...

, all of whom were artists to varying degrees, with Henry and John Berney achieving the most success. Another brother, Robert, became a wood carver and gilder, picture cleaner, and drawing master. He became a pupil of the

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

artist

John Crome John Crome (22 December 176822 April 1821), once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his artist son John Berney Crome, was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norw ...

, who was his uncle by marriage, and whose artistic style he followed. He also studied with the Norwich artist

John Thirtle John Thirtle (baptised 22 June 177730 September 1839) was an English watercolour artist and frame-maker. Born in Norwich, where he lived for most of his life, he was a leading member of the Norwich School of painters. Much of Thirtle's life i ...

. Before 1850 Ladbrooke toured the Netherlands and France. He was married to Hannah, but there were no children from the marriage. The fruit and flower painter Maria Louisa Margitson was his niece. In 1859 he built a house on

Mousehold Heath Mousehold Heath is a freely accessible area of heathland and woodland which lies to the north-east of the medieval city boundary of Norwich, in eastern England. The name also refers to the much larger area of open heath that once extended f ...

. Ladbrooke died at his home in Norwich on 11 July 1879 and was buried at the nearby Rosary Cemetery.

Artistic career

Ladbrooke excelled in the representation of woodland scenery. He 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 ...

in London in 1821 and 1822, and frequently 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 ...

and the

Suffolk Street Gallery The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy. History The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fif ...

up to 1873. In 1820 he published a series of eight lithographs entitled ''Select Views in Norwich and its Environs'', and helped his father in the production of 700 drawings and 677 lithographs for his five-volumes publication ''Views of the Churches of Norfolk''. A successful teacher, his most notable student was John Middleton.

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