George Philip Reinagle
George Philip Reinagle (* 1802 ; † December 6, 1835 in London ) was an English marine painter .
Life
The youngest son of the painter Ramsay Richard Reinagle had lessons from his father, but mainly practiced as a marine painter by copying works by the Dutchmen Ludolf Bakhuizen and Willem van de Velde . However, the first picture he sent to the Royal Academy of Arts was a portrait of a gentleman . Works like 'Ship in a Storm firing a Signal of Distress , Calm and A Dutch Fleet of the Seventeenth Century Coming to Anchor in a Breeze ' followed in the next few years .
In 1827 he witnessed the Battle of Navarino on board the Mosquito , about which he published the Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin and the Illustrations of the Occurrences at the Entrance of the Bay of Patras between the English Squadron and Turkish Fleets in 1828 . In 1833 he was with the British fleet under Admiral Charles John Napier in the sea battle against Miguel of Portugal at Cabo de São Vicente . He sent the resulting work, Admiral Napier's Glorious Triumph over the Miguelite Squadron , to the Royal Academy in 1834.
Reinagle's paintings are among others. a. owned by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and the National Gallery of Canada .
Web links
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Reinagle, George Philip
- Artcyclopedia - George Philip Reinagle
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinagle, George Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English marine painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1802 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1835 |
| Place of death | London |