Robert Barker (painter)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Barker (born 1739 in Kells , County Meath , † April 8, 1806 ) was an Irish painter . He is the creator of the word panorama .

Life

Robert Barker moved to Edinburgh ( Scotland ) in the early 1780s . In 1787 he opened an exhibition in Edinburgh that had a huge impact on the entertainment industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1788 he made his first panorama.

In 1792 Barker created the word panorama from the Greek words pan ("all") and horama ("view") to designate his paintings of Edinburgh, which he presented on a cylindrical form as a panoramic view. For three shillings the viewer, at that time especially the affluent society, could see the painting from the middle. He later reduced admission to give a wider audience access.

Soon he exhibited them as The Panorama in London , where they quickly became a success. Barker created his first watercolor panorama in 1792. In 1793 he presented his panoramas in the world's first specially built exhibition building in Leicester Square in London. However, none of Barker's great panorama works have survived to this day.

See also

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coat of arms of the Barker family

literature

  • Ralph Hyde : Panoramania . 1988 (exhibition catalog)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Barker, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Kells , County Meath
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1806