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Richard Henry Nibbs BIOGRAPHY
1816 Brighton, England - 1893. Known for: Paintings of coastal scene, marine, landscapes, buildings painting.
Richard Nibbs initially trained as a musician and he performed as a professional cellist with the Theatre Royal Orchestra. Born and raised in Brighton, Nibbs had ample opportunity for observing... Read full biography
Richard Nibbs initially trained as a musician and he performed as a professional cellist with the Theatre Royal Orchestra. Born and raised in Brighton, Nibbs had ample opportunity for observing marine subjects and his natural talent and love of art led him to become a self-taught painter,... Read full biography
Richard Nibbs initially trained as a musician and he performed as a professional cellist with the Theatre Royal Orchestra. Born and raised in Brighton, Nibbs had ample opportunity for observing marine subjects and his natural talent and love of art led him to become a self-taught painter, facilitated by his inheritance of a considerable sum in 1840. His native Sussex coast was the subject of many of his works, although he also painted marine subjects in France and Holland. Not limited to purely... Read full biography
Richard Nibbs initially trained as a musician and he performed as a professional cellist with the Theatre Royal Orchestra. Born and raised in Brighton, Nibbs had ample opportunity for observing marine subjects and his natural talent and love of art led him to become a self-taught painter, facilitated by his inheritance of a considerable sum in 1840. His native Sussex coast was the subject of many of his works, although he also painted marine subjects in France and Holland. Not limited to purely coastal subjects, he also drew buildings and landscapes and exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Richard Nibbs initially trained as a musician and he performed as a professional cellist with the Theatre Royal Orchestra. Born and raised in Brighton, Nibbs had ample opportunity for observing marine subjects and his natural talent and love of art led him to become a self-taught painter, facilitated by his inheritance of a considerable sum in 1840. His native Sussex coast was the subject of many of his works, although he also painted marine subjects in France and Holland. Not limited to purely coastal subjects, he also drew buildings and landscapes and exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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Richard Nibbs initially trained as a musician and he performed as a professional cellist with the Theatre Royal Orchestra.
Born and raised in Brighton, Nibbs had ample opportunity for observing marine subjects and his natural talent and love of art led him to become a self-taught painter, facilitated by his inheritance of a considerable sum in 1840.
His native Sussex coast was the subject of many of his works, although he also painted marine subjects in France and Holland. Not limited to purely coastal subjects, he also drew buildings and landscapes and exhibited at the Royal Academy.