Bernardo Bellotto
Italian Rococo Era Painter, C.1721-1780
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was a view painter who worked in Italy and later at the courts of Dresden, Vienna, Munich and Warsaw. The nephew and almost certainly the pupil of Canaletto, outside Italy he signed his works de Canaletto and hence became known as Canaletto. He painted both topographical and imaginary views in a style independent of his uncle's, distinguished by cold colour and by the austere geometry of architectural masses. Related Paintings of Bernardo Bellotto :. | Das kaiserliche Lustschlob Schlobhof, Ehrenhofseite | Das kaiserliche Lustschlob Schlobhof, Ehrenhofseite | View of Warsaw from the Praga bank | Ansicht von Dresden, Der alte Wassergraben des Zwingers, von der Orangerie Richtung Stadt aus gesehen | Cracow Suburb as seen from the Cracow Gate. | Related Artists: James Archer1823-1904
British
James Archer (1823-1904) was a portrait-painter. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His best-known work includes children and people in costume as its subjects becoming the first Victorian painter to do children's portraits in period costume. He studied at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh under Sir William Allan. At Archer painted chalk portraits, but in 1849 he exhibited his first historical picture 'The Last Supper' at the Royal Scottish Academy. His work after that mostly consisted of scenes taken from literature or legends that were popular at the time, such as Shakespeare and King Arthur. In about 1859 he began to paint a series of Arthurian subjects, including 'La Morte d'Arthur' and 'Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere'. James Archer died in 1904 in Haslemere in Surrey, England, survived by his son and three daughters from his marriage to Jane Clerk. francois sablel Jean ISABEL and Marie Charlotte BACON. She was married to Jean Baptiste BLANCHETTE on Feb 27 1775 in St. Pierre, Quebec John varley jnr1870-1895,d.1899
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