Philipp Jakob Loutherbourg the Younger
Philipp Jakob Loutherbourg the Younger (born October 31, 1740 in Strasbourg , † March 11, 1812 in Chiswick near London; also Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg ) was a British-French painter , etcher and aquatint engraver.
Life
Loutherbourg was the son of the engraver Philipp Jakob Loutherbourg the Elder , from whom he also received his first artistic lessons. In autumn 1764 Loutherbourg went to Paris , where he became a student of Francesco Casanova , Charles André van Loo and Johann Heinrich Tischbein . With the support of his teachers, Loutherbourg was admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1768 and later also a member of the Art Academy of Marseille .
In 1771 Loutherbourg was brought to London by the actor David Garrick at the Theater Royal Drury Lane . There he developed a rich activity as a stage painter and soon gained an important reputation as a painter. In 1781 he became a member of the Royal Academy . In 1795 he introduced William Turner to oil painting.
Loutherbourg was a supporter and friend of Alessandro Cagliostro . He died on March 11, 1812 in Chiswick near London.
His engravings, including depictions of peasants (6 sheets), depictions of soldiers (12 sheets), The Times of the Day (1 sequence, 4 sheets), as well as single sheets with landscapes, navies, animal pieces and caricatures etc. are very much appreciated.
Works (selection)
- The storm on Valenciennes that he had witnessed himself
- Howe's victory over the French fleet , 1794
- Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 , oil / canvas, 1796, London, National Maritime Museum
- Fire in London in 1666
- Victory of Admiral Duncan over the Dutch fleet , 1797
- Evening at a lake in Cumberland , 1792, oil / canvas, 41 × 61 cm
- David Garrick as Don John in John Fletcher's play “The Chances” , oil / wood, 44 × 69 cm
- A Midsummer Afternoon with a Methodist Preacher , 1777, oil / canvas, 97 × 126 cm
- Wandering soldiers , 1799, oil / canvas
- A winter morning with skating in Hyde Park , oil / canvas, 89.5 × 125.5 cm
Evening seascape with Cumberland
Coalbrookdale by night
Avalanche in the Alps
literature
- Anja Weisenseel: Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques de . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 85, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023190-8 , p. 375 f.
- Loutherbourg, Philippe Jakob the Younger . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 418 .
- Philip James De Loutherbourg. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 1911 (English)
Web links
- Works by Philipp Jakob Loutherbourg the Younger at Zeno.org .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loutherbourg, Philipp Jakob the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1812 |
| Place of death | Chiswick |