Arthur Devis
1712-1787 English By 1728 he had left Preston, and the following year he was working in London for the Flemish topographical and sporting painter Peter Tillemans. There he specialized in landscape painting and copying various works in Tillemans studio after Marco Ricci, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Jan van Bloemen. Devis earliest known commission, Hoghton Towers from Duxon Hill, Lancashire (1735; priv. col., see 1983 exh. cat., no. 3), painted for Sir Henry Hoghton during a trip to Preston in 1734-5, shows Tillemans influence in its attention to detail and the use of thin, transparent paint. Thomas Lister with his Family (c. 1738; Chicago, IL, A. Inst.) demonstrates a similar interest in landscape, featuring the family group in Gisburn Park, Lancs. Devis had returned to London by 1742 and established himself as a painter of conversation pieces, with a studio in Great Queen Street. Roger Hesketh with his Family is typical of his work at this time; it shows how Devis transformed the intimacy of a Dutch 17th-century genre scene into an elegant interior with the group of sitters connected by formal, schematic gestures. Roger Hesketh stands apart, in a tastefully contrived pose, his legs crossed and right arm thrust inside his waistcoat. His son, Fleetwood, stands with his hand resting on a dog next to his wife, who is seated with an infant on her lap. The adjacent telescope, globe and marine paintings are intended to advertise Hesketh interest in astronomy and travel.

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Arthur Devis Robert Manners-Sutton oil painting


Robert Manners-Sutton
oil on canvas 65 x 51 cm Date 18th century cjr
Painting ID::  82883
Arthur Devis
Robert Manners-Sutton
oil on canvas 65 x 51 cm Date 18th century cjr
   
   
     

Arthur Devis Double Portrait of Alicia and Jane Clarke in a Wooden Landscape oil painting


Double Portrait of Alicia and Jane Clarke in a Wooden Landscape
18th century Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 91.5 x 71 cm (36 x 28 in) cyf
Painting ID::  86574
Arthur Devis
Double Portrait of Alicia and Jane Clarke in a Wooden Landscape
18th century Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 91.5 x 71 cm (36 x 28 in) cyf
   
   
     

Arthur Devis Robert Manners-Sutton oil painting


Robert Manners-Sutton
oil on canvas 65 x 51 cm cyf
Painting ID::  86721
Arthur Devis
Robert Manners-Sutton
oil on canvas 65 x 51 cm cyf
   
   
     

Arthur Devis The Clavey family in their garden at Hampstead oil painting


The Clavey family in their garden at Hampstead
1754(1754) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 124.5 X 99 cm cyf
Painting ID::  96304
Arthur Devis
The Clavey family in their garden at Hampstead
1754(1754) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 124.5 X 99 cm cyf
   
   
     

Arthur Devis Sir Roger Newdigate in the Library at Arbury oil painting


Sir Roger Newdigate in the Library at Arbury
18th century Medium oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  96616
Arthur Devis
Sir Roger Newdigate in the Library at Arbury
18th century Medium oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

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     1712-1787 English By 1728 he had left Preston, and the following year he was working in London for the Flemish topographical and sporting painter Peter Tillemans. There he specialized in landscape painting and copying various works in Tillemans studio after Marco Ricci, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Jan van Bloemen. Devis earliest known commission, Hoghton Towers from Duxon Hill, Lancashire (1735; priv. col., see 1983 exh. cat., no. 3), painted for Sir Henry Hoghton during a trip to Preston in 1734-5, shows Tillemans influence in its attention to detail and the use of thin, transparent paint. Thomas Lister with his Family (c. 1738; Chicago, IL, A. Inst.) demonstrates a similar interest in landscape, featuring the family group in Gisburn Park, Lancs. Devis had returned to London by 1742 and established himself as a painter of conversation pieces, with a studio in Great Queen Street. Roger Hesketh with his Family is typical of his work at this time; it shows how Devis transformed the intimacy of a Dutch 17th-century genre scene into an elegant interior with the group of sitters connected by formal, schematic gestures. Roger Hesketh stands apart, in a tastefully contrived pose, his legs crossed and right arm thrust inside his waistcoat. His son, Fleetwood, stands with his hand resting on a dog next to his wife, who is seated with an infant on her lap. The adjacent telescope, globe and marine paintings are intended to advertise Hesketh interest in astronomy and travel.

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