Oil On Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
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| 1753-1839 British English painter. He was trained as a lawyer before entering the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1772. He is thought to have studied under Johan Zoffany, and his earliest surviving portraits are small-scale full-lengths and conversation pieces in Zoffanys manner (e.g. The Custance Conversation Piece, c. 1786; priv. col.). Beechey first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776. In 1782 he moved to Norwich, where he gained several commissions, but he was back in London by 1787. In 1789 he exhibited a portrait of John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle (London, Lambeth Pal.) that is remarkable for its facility of handling. Beechey would occasionally paint similarly inspired works, but his career is marked by a succession of unflamboyant but competent portraits in the tradition of Joshua Reynolds. | ||||
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Horatio Viscount Nelson
Painting ID:: 41 Sir William Beechey1.jpg 1801 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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Sarah Siddons with the Emblems of Tragedy
Painting ID:: 44597 new16/Sir William Beechey-639234.jpg mk173 1793 Oil on canvas 245.1x153.7cm |
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Princess Augusta
Painting ID:: 81713 new24/Sir William Beechey-368397.jpg ca. 1802(1802) Medium Oil on canvas cyf |
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Portrait of John Carr
Painting ID:: 82712 new24/Sir William Beechey-365584.jpg 1791(1791) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 127 x 100.5 cm (50 x 39.6 in) cyf |
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Portrait of Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
Painting ID:: 82913 new24/Sir William Beechey-845778.jpg 1797(1797) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 92.7 x 68.6 cm (36.5 x 27 in) cyf |
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