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1790 - 1844. Known for: Paintings of nocturnes, atmospherics, volcanic explosions, landscape.
Sebastian Pether (1793 – 1844) was an English landscape-painter. The eldest son of Abraham Pether, he was a pupil of his father, and followed him in subject matter, but led a beleaguered life. Pether... Read full biography
Sebastian Pether (1793 – 1844) was an English landscape-painter. The eldest son of Abraham Pether, he was a pupil of his father, and followed him in subject matter, but led a beleaguered life. Pether married young and had a large family of nine children, and had few opportunities to create... Read full biography
Sebastian Pether (1793 – 1844) was an English landscape-painter. The eldest son of Abraham Pether, he was a pupil of his father, and followed him in subject matter, but led a beleaguered life. Pether married young and had a large family of nine children, and had few opportunities to create commissioned works and his works were not often exhibited, forcing him to work for dealers to maintain a living. He was well-educated, and even claimed to have first proposed the idea of a stomach-pump to the... Read full biography
Sebastian Pether (1793 – 1844) was an English landscape-painter. The eldest son of Abraham Pether, he was a pupil of his father, and followed him in subject matter, but led a beleaguered life. Pether married young and had a large family of nine children, and had few opportunities to create commissioned works and his works were not often exhibited, forcing him to work for dealers to maintain a living. He was well-educated, and even claimed to have first proposed the idea of a stomach-pump to the surgeon Andrew Jukes. During the last years of his life he lost three children to consumption and another to lockjaw; his eldest son William became a mosaic artist. Pether died at Battersea of an inflammatory attack on 14 March 1844 at York Cottage,... Read full biography
Sebastian Pether (1793 – 1844) was an English landscape-painter. The eldest son of Abraham Pether, he was a pupil of his father, and followed him in subject matter, but led a beleaguered life. Pether married young and had a large family of nine children, and had few opportunities to create commissioned works and his works were not often exhibited, forcing him to work for dealers to maintain a living. He was well-educated, and even claimed to have first proposed the idea of a stomach-pump to the surgeon Andrew Jukes. During the last years of his life he lost three children to consumption and another to lockjaw; his eldest son William became a mosaic artist. Pether died at Battersea of an inflammatory attack on 14 March 1844 at York Cottage, Battersea Fields, and a subscription was raised for his family. Charity was raised for... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeView of Mount Vesuvius errupting, with figures in the foreground
Sebastian Pether Auction: 06/16/2005Lot: 296Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA moonlit view of Windsor Castle, with a traveller and his horses in the foreground
Sebastian Pether Auction: 04/29/2014Lot: 150Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA wooded landscape with fishermen in the foreground, horses watering before a waterfall and a ruined gothic building beyond
Sebastian Pether Auction: 10/24/2012Lot: 217Subscribe or get free alerts
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