Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Sir Henry Raeburn FRSE RA RSA (/ˈreɪbərn/; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.

  2. Sir Henry Raeburn RA RSA FRSE (/ ˈreɪbərn /; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland. [1] Biography. Raeburn was born the son of a manufacturer in Stockbridge, on the Water of Leith: a former village now within the city of Edinburgh.

  3. 1823. Nationality. Scottish. Birth Place. Edinburgh. Death Place. Edinburgh. Originally apprenticed to a goldsmith, Henry Raeburn showed enormous artistic talent as a young man. In 1784 he moved to London where he met the important portrait painter Joshua Reynolds.

    • henry raeburn portraits1
    • henry raeburn portraits2
    • henry raeburn portraits3
    • henry raeburn portraits4
    • henry raeburn portraits5
  4. Sep 10, 2020 · Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Lord Robert Blair - 61.147 - Indianapolis Museum of Art.jpg 4,772 × 6,023; 3.62 MB Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Robert Sym - 35.270 - Rhode Island School of Design Museum.jpg 410 × 479; 55 KB

  5. 1756 - 1823. Sir Henry Raeburn is perhaps the best known of all Scottish painters. He was almost exclusively a portraitist and his career was wholly in Scotland, mainly in Edinburgh. Apprenticed to a jeweller, it is not precisely known how Raeburn's attention turned to painting.

  6. Oct 25, 2012 · Sir Henry Raeburn is especially well known in Scotland as the outstanding portrait painter of members of the Scottish Enlightenment, bringing them to life through forceful characterisation, strong lighting and an expressive painterly touch.

  7. May 6, 2022 · Henry Raeburn painted portraits of and for many Scottish owners of enslaved people (see Note 1).