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1765 - 1836. Known for: Portrait and illustration painting, engraving.
Raised in London, British painter Richard Westall was apprenticed in 1779 to a heraldic silver engraver. He studied at the Royal Academy, where he exhibited from 1784 to 1836. He became an Associate... Read full biography
Raised in London, British painter Richard Westall was apprenticed in 1779 to a heraldic silver engraver. He studied at the Royal Academy, where he exhibited from 1784 to 1836. He became an Associate member of the Academy in 1792, and was elected Academician in 1794. Some of Westall's works bear a... Read full biography
Raised in London, British painter Richard Westall was apprenticed in 1779 to a heraldic silver engraver. He studied at the Royal Academy, where he exhibited from 1784 to 1836. He became an Associate member of the Academy in 1792, and was elected Academician in 1794. Some of Westall's works bear a strong resemblance to the work of his two great contemporaries, Henry Fuseli and William Blake. As an early practitioner of watercolor painting, Westall did work that was sought after by publishers... Read full biography
Raised in London, British painter Richard Westall was apprenticed in 1779 to a heraldic silver engraver. He studied at the Royal Academy, where he exhibited from 1784 to 1836. He became an Associate member of the Academy in 1792, and was elected Academician in 1794. Some of Westall's works bear a strong resemblance to the work of his two great contemporaries, Henry Fuseli and William Blake. As an early practitioner of watercolor painting, Westall did work that was sought after by publishers eager to use the medium to illustrate books by prominent poets. Westall eventually illustrated editions by Gray, Moore, Crabbe, Scott, Goldsmith, Milton, and Byron. In 1790 he was commissioned by publisher-engraver John Boydell, later mayor of London,... Read full biography
Raised in London, British painter Richard Westall was apprenticed in 1779 to a heraldic silver engraver. He studied at the Royal Academy, where he exhibited from 1784 to 1836. He became an Associate member of the Academy in 1792, and was elected Academician in 1794. Some of Westall's works bear a strong resemblance to the work of his two great contemporaries, Henry Fuseli and William Blake. As an early practitioner of watercolor painting, Westall did work that was sought after by publishers eager to use the medium to illustrate books by prominent poets. Westall eventually illustrated editions by Gray, Moore, Crabbe, Scott, Goldsmith, Milton, and Byron. In 1790 he was commissioned by publisher-engraver John Boydell, later mayor of London, to work on the renowned Milton and Shakespeare sets. Westall painted several portraits of Lord... Read full biography
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