Thomas Hope (architect)
Thomas Hope (* 1769 in Amsterdam ; † February 3, 1831 in London ) was a Scottish publicist , amateur architect , furniture designer , art collector and important exponent of the British Regency style.
Life
Thomas Hope, the son of a wealthy merchant family who had emigrated from Scotland to the Netherlands, learned about the classical architecture of the Mediterranean in his youth. After the death of his father in 1784 he inherited part of his art collections. In 1795 he left the Netherlands because of the French occupation and settled in London. There he directed the remodeling of his townhouse in Duchess Street . The house was designed by Robert Adam in 1768 and was on Mansfiel Street on Portland Place . After the renovation, it housed Hope's collection. It was one of the largest and most important antique collections in London during the Regency. The house in Dutches Street was a forerunner of modern museum construction and influenced the further development of the decorative style of the era.
In 1806 Hope married Louisa de la Poer (approx. 1783-1851). After his death, his widow married General William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford . He was extremely conservative and hostile to art and placed no value on the collections or the house, which was demolished after the death of his wife in 1851. The drawings in Hope's publication from 1807 are the only remaining evidence , along with a few photographs from the Flemish Picture Gallery , a later extension of the house.
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A returning to the Middle Ages Villa Deepdene , Hope the near 1,807 Dorking in Surrey had acquired, he left in 1823 by architect William Atkinson rebuilt and furnished in the style of the Regency of. After Hope's death, it was rebuilt in the style of a Roman villa in 1836–1841. Before the demolition in 1967, it was better captured than the London house.
Hope's sons were the conservative politician and writer Alexander James Beresford Hope (1820-1887) and the politician and heir to part of his father's art collections, Henry Thomas Hope (1808-1862).
Fonts
- 1807: Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. New facsimile edition 1937.
- 1809: Costumes of the Ancients.
- 1812: Designs of Modern Costumes.
- 1819: Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Modern Greek. (Novel)
- 1831: Origin and Prospect of Man.
- 1835: Historical Essay on Architecture.
literature
- David Watkin: Thomas Hope's house on Duchess Street. Apollo, London 2004.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Hope in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Hope , in: britannica.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hope, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1831 |
| Place of death | London |