Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Marine painting | The Dock Facing the Doge's Palace | Hubert Robert | Epitaph over parsons Bengal Tyneson and his famij | Epitaph over parsons Bengal Tyneson and his family | Related Artists: Yevgeny Lanceray 1875-1946 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 Victor DeGrailly painted Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine in c1840