| Author: | Fabien Newfield | ISBN: | 9782765908456 |
| Publisher: | Osmora Inc. | Publication: | January 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Osmora Inc. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Fabien Newfield |
| ISBN: | 9782765908456 |
| Publisher: | Osmora Inc. |
| Publication: | January 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Osmora Inc. |
| Language: | English |
Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) was German-born painter who settled in England and became the leading portraitist there in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
He studied in Amsterdam under Bol, a pupil of Rembrandt, and later in Italy, before moving to England, probably in the mid-1670s. The opportune death of serious rivals (notably Lely in 1680) and his own arrogant self-assurance enabled him to establish himself as the dominant court and society painter by the beginning of the reign of James II (1685). He was the last foreign-born artist to dominate English painting, but it needed a Hogarth and a Reynolds to break through the conventions he had popularized.
Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) was German-born painter who settled in England and became the leading portraitist there in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
He studied in Amsterdam under Bol, a pupil of Rembrandt, and later in Italy, before moving to England, probably in the mid-1670s. The opportune death of serious rivals (notably Lely in 1680) and his own arrogant self-assurance enabled him to establish himself as the dominant court and society painter by the beginning of the reign of James II (1685). He was the last foreign-born artist to dominate English painting, but it needed a Hogarth and a Reynolds to break through the conventions he had popularized.
