1591-1666
Italian
Giovanni Francesco Guercino Galleries Related Paintings of Giovanni Francesco Guercino :. | Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery | Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon | The Raising of Lazarus | Jacob Receiving Joseph's Coat | Virgin and Child with the Patron Saints of Modena | Related Artists:
martinus rorbyeWilliam James MullerBritish Painter, 1812-1845, English landscape and figure painter, was born at Bristol, his father, a Prussian, being curator of the museum. He first studied painting under JB Pyne. His early subjects deal mainly with the scenery of Gloucestershire and Wales, and he learned much from his study of Claude, Ruysdael, and earlier landscape-painters. In 1833 he figured for the first time in the Royal Academy with his "Destruction of Old London Bridge--Morning," and next year he made a tour through France, Switzerland and Italy. Four years later he visited Athens, extending his travels to Egypt, and in the sketches executed during this period and the paintings produced from them his power and individuality are apparent. Shortly after his return he left Bristol and settled in London, where he exhibited regularly. In 1840 he again visited France, where he executed a series of sketches of Renaissance architecture, twenty-five of which were lithographed and published in 1841, in a folio entitled "The Age of Francis I. of France." In 1843 he accompanied,
Jean de LiegeFlemish Gothic Era Sculptor, active 1361-1382