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George Romney

George Romney (1734 - 1802) was active/lived in United Kingdom, England.  George Romney is known for Portrait and historical painting.

George Romney (1734-1802)

Ranking behind only Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough as the top English portrait painter of his era, George Romney is an  ancestor of American businessman George W. Romney (1907-1995) and former Massachusetts governor and presidential nominee (2012) Mitt Romney.

He had craftsmanship of a high order (his pictures are nearly all in an admirable state of preservation), a real talent for drawing, a native simplicity of eye and mind that permitted him to concentrate on essentials, and a prodigious capacity for work.

George Romney was born on December 26, 1734 at Beckside, Lancashire, England.  He was at first apprenticed to a wood carver.  In 1762 he went off to London, deserting his wife and two children.  The following years he spent in Paris and Italy and he returned to London in 1775 to establish himself as a portraitist in competition with Reynolds and Gainsborough.  He was one of Lady Hamilton's favore   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5981 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for George Romney available:    Hubert Robert,  Jacques-Louis David,  Augustus Edwin John,  Mather Brown,  Thomas (Sir Thomas) Lawrence,  John Constable,  Jean-Baptiste Greuze,  Jean-Louis Forain,  Jean-Leon Gerome,  Thomas Gainsborough,  Joshua Reynolds,  Charles Green,  Jean Baptiste-Simeon Chardin,  George Morland,  Gilbert Stuart,  John Singleton Copley,  Paul Sandby,  Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun,  Joseph Wright of Derby,  William Blake,  Henry Raeburn,  Henri-Joseph Harpignies,  Francis Towne,  John Hoppner