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1692 - 1780. Known for: Portrait and landscape painting.
Joseph Highmore was born in 1692. The portrait and history painter Joseph Highmore was born in an English coal merchant's family, which had already produced well-known artists, including Highmore's... Read full biography
Joseph Highmore was born in 1692. The portrait and history painter Joseph Highmore was born in an English coal merchant's family, which had already produced well-known artists, including Highmore's uncle Thomas. Thomas was a court painter to King William III of Orange. At the request of his... Read full biography
Joseph Highmore was born in 1692. The portrait and history painter Joseph Highmore was born in an English coal merchant's family, which had already produced well-known artists, including Highmore's uncle Thomas. Thomas was a court painter to King William III of Orange. At the request of his parents, the artistically gifted Joseph studied law. He took drawing lessons with Godfrey Kneller and visited the anatomy lectures of prominent English surgeon that time, William Cheselden. In 1715 he gave... Read full biography
Joseph Highmore was born in 1692. The portrait and history painter Joseph Highmore was born in an English coal merchant's family, which had already produced well-known artists, including Highmore's uncle Thomas. Thomas was a court painter to King William III of Orange. At the request of his parents, the artistically gifted Joseph studied law. He took drawing lessons with Godfrey Kneller and visited the anatomy lectures of prominent English surgeon that time, William Cheselden. In 1715 he gave up his law studies in favor of teaching as a portrait painter. Extensive art studies, which were especially made possible thanks to his marriage to the wealthy poet Susanna Hiller. The final breakthrough as a portrait painter succeeded in 1725, when... Read full biography
Joseph Highmore was born in 1692. The portrait and history painter Joseph Highmore was born in an English coal merchant's family, which had already produced well-known artists, including Highmore's uncle Thomas. Thomas was a court painter to King William III of Orange. At the request of his parents, the artistically gifted Joseph studied law. He took drawing lessons with Godfrey Kneller and visited the anatomy lectures of prominent English surgeon that time, William Cheselden. In 1715 he gave up his law studies in favor of teaching as a portrait painter. Extensive art studies, which were especially made possible thanks to his marriage to the wealthy poet Susanna Hiller. The final breakthrough as a portrait painter succeeded in 1725, when he was commissioned by King George to portray the Knights of the newly founded Bath in full armor. The years from 1732-1734 were... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint