Oil Painting Artist::. John Opie

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     John Opie
    English Painter, 1761-1807,English painter. He was born in a tin-mining district, where his father was a mine carpenter. He had a natural talent for drawing and was taken up by an itinerant doctor, John Wolcot (the poet Peter Pindar, 1738-1819), who was an amateur artist and had a number of well-connected friends. Wolcot taught Opie the rudiments of drawing and painting, providing engravings for him to copy and gaining him access to country-house collections. Opie's early portraits, such as Dolly Pentreath (1777; St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, Lord St Levan priv. col.), are the work of a competent provincial painter and owe much to his study of engravings after portraits by Rembrandt. His attempts at chiaroscuro and impasto in Rembrandt's manner gave his pictures a maturity that clearly startled contemporary audiences expecting to see works by an untutored artist. Thus in 1780, when a picture by him was exhibited in London at the Society of Artists with the description 'a Boy's Head, an Instance of Genius, not having ever seen a picture', Opie was hailed as 'the Cornish Wonder'. When he himself arrived in London, where he was promoted by Wolcot and his paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1781 and 1782, he was seen as a phenomenon, impressing even Joshua Reynolds, who is reputed to have remarked that Opie was 'like Caravaggio and Velasquez in one'.

John Opie Sarah Siddons oil painting artist
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Sarah Siddons
mk173 ca.1785-90 Oil on canvas 38.1x29.2cm

     Painting ID::  44577
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  Sarah_Siddons
mk173 ca.1785-90 Oil on canvas 38.1x29.2cm

John Opie The Murder of Rizzio, by John Opie oil painting artist
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The Murder of Rizzio, by John Opie
The Murder of Rizzio, by John Opie

     Painting ID::  60003
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  The_Murder_of_Rizzio,_by_John_Opie
The Murder of Rizzio, by John Opie

John Opie Die Familie des Bauern oil painting artist
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Die Familie des Bauern
Date 1783-1785 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 154 x 183,5 cm

     Painting ID::  71451
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  Die_Familie_des_Bauern
Date 1783-1785 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 154 x 183,5 cm

John Opie Lachlan Macquarie attributed to John Opie oil painting artist
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Lachlan Macquarie attributed to John Opie
Lachlan Macquarie attributed to John Opie (1761-1807) cjr

     Painting ID::  73291
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Lachlan Macquarie attributed to John Opie (1761-1807) cjr

John Opie Lachlan Macquarie attributed to oil painting artist
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Lachlan Macquarie attributed to
Paintings : 1 oil Paintings in gilt frame ; 74.3 x 61.6 cm. inside frame; 92 x 80 cm. framed Date ca.1805-1824 cyf

     Painting ID::  74998
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Paintings : 1 oil Paintings in gilt frame ; 74.3 x 61.6 cm. inside frame; 92 x 80 cm. framed Date ca.1805-1824 cyf

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    English Painter, 1761-1807,English painter. He was born in a tin-mining district, where his father was a mine carpenter. He had a natural talent for drawing and was taken up by an itinerant doctor, John Wolcot (the poet Peter Pindar, 1738-1819), who was an amateur artist and had a number of well-connected friends. Wolcot taught Opie the rudiments of drawing and painting, providing engravings for him to copy and gaining him access to country-house collections. Opie's early portraits, such as Dolly Pentreath (1777; St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, Lord St Levan priv. col.), are the work of a competent provincial painter and owe much to his study of engravings after portraits by Rembrandt. His attempts at chiaroscuro and impasto in Rembrandt's manner gave his pictures a maturity that clearly startled contemporary audiences expecting to see works by an untutored artist. Thus in 1780, when a picture by him was exhibited in London at the Society of Artists with the description 'a Boy's Head, an Instance of Genius, not having ever seen a picture', Opie was hailed as 'the Cornish Wonder'. When he himself arrived in London, where he was promoted by Wolcot and his paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1781 and 1782, he was seen as a phenomenon, impressing even Joshua Reynolds, who is reputed to have remarked that Opie was 'like Caravaggio and Velasquez in one'.

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