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Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723-92, English portrait painter, b. Devonshire. Long considered historically the most important of England's painters, by his learned example he raised the artist to a position of respect in England. Reynolds studied painting in London and in 1742 began as a portraitist in... Read more
James Northcote James Northcote
James Northcote , 1746-1831, English historical and portrait painter. He worked as assistant to Reynolds and studied at the Royal Academy. From 1777 to 1780 he studied in Italy and on his return painted a series of pictures for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, including the well-known Murder of the... Read more
Sir Martin Archer Shee Sir Martin Archer Shee
Sir Martin Archer Shee 1769-1850, British portrait painter and writer, b. Dublin; pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He attained popularity in court and theatrical circles and executed many royal commissions. Among his portraits are those of Daniel O'Connell and William Archer Shee (Metropolitan Mus.)... Read more
Fanny Burney Fanny Burney
Fanny Burney later Madame D'Arblay , 1752-1840, English novelist, daughter of Charles Burney , the composer, organist, and music scholar. Although she received no formal education, she read prodigiously and had the benefit of conversation with her father's famous friends, including David ... Read more
Girl Scouts Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the USA, the largest voluntary organization for girls in America, is the only major group largely run by women ever since its inception. In 2003, there were 3.8 million Girl Scouts; more than fifty million women and girls have belonged to the organization since its... Read more
Royal Academy of Arts Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Academy of Arts London, the national academy of art of England, founded in 1768 by George III at the instigation of Sir William Chambers and Benjamin West. Sir Joshua Reynolds was the Academy's first president, holding the office until his death in 1792. His Discourses defined the scope... Read more
eclecticism eclecticism
eclecticism , art style in which features are borrowed from various styles. It was once applied to the Carracci , who incorporated elements from the Renaissance and classical traditions. Among the most influential advocates of eclecticism were Sir Joshua Reynolds and John Ruskin .... Read more
John Flaxman John Flaxman
John Flaxman 1755-1826, English sculptor and draftsman. At 20 he went to work for Josiah Wedgwood, designing the cameolike decorations for Wedgwood's pottery. Later, in Rome, he devoted himself to sculpture and produced outline figure drawings from Greek vases as illustrations for works of Homer,... Read more
Alfred Drury Alfred Drury
Drury, Alfred (1856–1944). British sculptor, mainly of portraits and monuments, but also of the kind of literary or symbolic figures typical of the New Sculpture. His work includes a good deal of public sculpture in London, including decorative figures in stone on the facade of the Victoria... Read more
John Hoppner John Hoppner
John Hoppner 1758-1810, English portrait painter. He was a protégé of George III, whose illegitimate son he was rumored to be. He imitated, without total success, the style of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Hoppner achieved a lifelong popularity rivaled only by that of Sir Thomas Lawrence. He... Read more

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