John Rogers Herbert
John Rogers Herbert (born January 23, 1810 in Maldon , Essex , † March 17, 1890 in Kilburn ) was an English painter .
Herbert went to London to attend the Royal Academy in 1825 and, after painting Princess Victoria of England , soon became popular with the aristocracy as a portrait painter. In 1835 he exhibited a genre painting, The Tryst, painted in the manner of the new English Pre-Raphaelite school . His early works were influenced by Romanticism and Venetian painting:
- Haydee (1834), The Prayer (1835),
- Prisoners freed from Condottieri (1836),
- Desdemona asks for Cassio (1838),
Around 1840, under the influence of his friend, the architect W. Payne, he converted to the Catholic Church. This gave Herbert's pictures more depth and personality. Significant works:
- The durability
- The Venetian procession of 1528 (both from 1839)
- Disciples in front of the gate of a monastery
- The Signal (1840)
- Kidnapping of Venetian Brides by Pirates from Istria (1841)
- Introduction of Christianity in Brittany (1842)
- Christ and the Samaritan Woman (1843)
- Sir Thomas More and his daughter
- The Trial of the Seven Bishops (1844)
- St. Gregory teaches the Roman children to sing (1845)
- The boy Jesus at the sight of a cross (1847)
- John the Baptist before Herod
- Laborare est Orare (1862)
In the halls of the new parliament he painted: Moses with the tablets of the law, Solomon's judgment, the visit of the Queen of Sheba, the building of the temple, Daniel in the den of lions etc. In 1846 Herbert became a member of the royal academy.
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| SURNAME | Herbert, John Rogers |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maldon , Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1890 |
| Place of death | Kilburn |