1786-1868   Related Paintings of Alfred vickers :. | Portrait of Laure Borreau | Portrait of Johan Pasch, Surveyor to the Royal Household and artist | The Virgin and Child Appearing to ST Hyacinth (mk05) | The morning | horse dealers |
Related Artists:
Jose Teofilo de Jesus
painted asia in 1758-1847
Ange Tissier
1814-1876
James clarke hook,r.a
1819-1907 English painter. He studied with the portrait painter John Jackson and entered the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1836, winning medals for drawing and historical painting. His Academy d?but was in 1839 with The Hard Task (untraced). In 1844 Hook was awarded a gold medal in the Houses of Parliament competition. In 1846 he won a Royal Academy travelling scholarship, enabling him to spend two years in Italy, where he was strongly influenced by the colouring of the Venetian painters. On his return his work included a series of subjects from Venetian history, including The Rescue of the Brides of Venice