Francis Towne
Francis Towne (* 1739 or 1740 in London , † July 17, 1816 in London) was an English landscape painter.
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Francis Towne was born in Isleworth near London in 1739 or 1740. He started his apprenticeship with a carriage painter in 1752. In 1759 he received his first award from the Royal Society of Arts . In 1762 he exhibited three works at the second exhibition of the Society of Artists , of which he became a member in 1772. From 1775 to 1788 he occasionally exhibited landscape watercolors at the Royal Academy of Arts .
Francis Towne moved to Exeter in 1763 , where he worked as a drawing teacher and accepted assignments. In 1777 he took a trip to Wales , whose mountainous landscape inspired him. In 1780 he made a trip to Italy , where he met John Warwick Smith in Rome . Together they drew and painted watercolors of Rome and the surrounding area before returning to England via Switzerland in 1781. In 1786 he made another trip to the Lake District .
In 1803 Francis Towne moved back to London, where he married Jeanette Hilligsberg, a 40 years younger dancer of French descent, in 1807. But his young wife died the following year. She was buried in Exeter, where Francis Towne was transferred after his death on July 17, 1816.
Francis Towne is one of the most original English watercolor painters of his time. Francis Towne was unique in terms of the composition, coloring and painting technique of his watercolors and was neither influenced by his predecessors nor by his contemporaries.
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Web links
- Great Works: Ambleside (1786), Francis Towne ( The Independent , May 8, 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Towne, Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1739 or 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1816 |
| Place of death | London |