Charles Brooking
Charles Brooking (* 1723 in Deptford , now London , † March 25, 1759 in London) was an English painter, draftsman, watercolorist, illustrator. He is considered an important marine painter who shaped the development of the genre in England.
Life
After training as a ship painter in the shipyards of Deptford Brooking was a student of his father of the same name, who was a painter and decorator at Greenwich Hospital, and trained himself further. Brookings' motifs primarily include seascapes, stylistically based on the works of Willem van de Velde . In February 1754 he received the order for a large fleet representation for the Foundling Hospital in London. Brooking made the illustrations for the book Natural History of the Corallines by John Ellis , published in 1755 . Brooking had previously traveled to the Isle of Sheppey with the naturalist in 1752 , where Ellis had examined corals with a water microscope .
Create
Brooking used horizontal picture compositions with light coloring, in which he arranged the motifs in the distant middle or background for the picture depth. This resulted in wide formats with sometimes panoramic impressions. The painted ships testify to in-depth technical knowledge and are considered to be the most reliable ship reproductions of the 18th century. The natural incidence of light gives an impression of the weather and differentiates the images according to the time of day. Brooking was considered an excellent figure draftsman.
literature
- Maurice W. Brockwell : Brooking, Charles . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 64 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- David Joel, James Taylor: Charles Brooking (1723-59) and the 18th Century Marine Painters. Antique Collectors Club, 1999, ISBN 1-85149-277-1 .
- David Joel: The Call of the Sea: Peter Monamy, Charles Brooking and the early British marine painters. Exhibition catalog, St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington / Hampshire 2009, ISBN 978-0-9559729-1-1 .
Web links
- Painting by Brooking , The Athenaeum
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Charles Brooking . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 14, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22754-X , p. 375.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brooking, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter, draftsman, watercolourist, illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1723 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deptford |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1759 |
| Place of death | London |