John White Abbott

Bickleigh Court in Devon

John White Abbott (born May 13, 1763 in Exeter , † 1851 in Exeter) was an English landscape painter.

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John White Abbott An Italianate Landscape , 1800

John White Abbott was born in Exeter in 1763, where he lived most of his life. He came from a wealthy family. Through his uncle he got to know different artists, u. a. Joshua Reynolds and Francis Towne , with whom he took painting lessons. In 1791 he traveled through Scotland , the Lake District and other parts of Lancashire , Derbyshire and Warwickshire . In 1797 he went on a tour of Monmouthshire . He did not choose painting as a profession, but opened a doctor's office in Exeter, which he ran until the end of his life. In 1825 he inherited property in Fordland near Exeter and in 1831 became Deputy Lieutenant for Devonshire .

John White Abbott mainly painted landscapes from his Devon area . He was regularly represented at the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts between 1793 and 1805, and 1810 and 1822. For these exhibitions he painted oil paintings in a conventional classical style in a pastoral or elegiac mood. Far more numerous and of higher quality, however, are his watercolors and drawings.

literature

GCRump: Abbott (Abbot), John White . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 66 f.
Susan Morris: Abbott, John White , in: Grove Dictionary of Art , 1996. Vol. 1, p. 24.

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personal data
SURNAME	Abbott, John White
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 13, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH	Exeter
DATE OF DEATH	1851
Place of death	Exeter