John Frederick Herring junior
John Frederick Herring Jr. (born around 1820 in Doncaster , South Yorkshire , † 1907 in Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire ) was an English painter who is known for his horse and landscape painting . Recent publications suggest that Herring Jr. bore the same name as a brother who was born in 1815 and died a short time later. He was one of four sons of the famous painter John Frederick Herring Sr. (1795-1865).
life and work
The father, John F. Herring Sr., was one of the most famous artists of his time who devoted himself to the subjects of horse painting and horse racing and was very popular with the English aristocracy . John Frederick Jr. learned painting from his father, whose popularity made his career easier.
John Herring Jr. shared a love of painting with his younger brothers Charles and Benjamin, while the sisters, Ann and Emma, both married painters. These three out of four brothers painted in a similar style to their father and often worked together on the same picture.
At the beginning of his career he signed his works with J. Fred Herring or J. F. Herring junr, but when he was painting alone, he switched to J. F. Herring. In the years after 1836 Herring Sr. felt restricted by the growing popularity of his son of the same name and began to mark his own pictures with "senr" at the end of the signature.
John Herring Jr. continued in his father's tradition of painting equestrian and equestrian pictures, but broadened his subjects as his artistic skills improved: animals on the bank of a river or scenes on a farm became characteristic of his work.
See also
- George Stubbs horse painter
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herring, John Frederick Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Doncaster , South Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1907 |
| Place of death | Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire |