Thomas Luny
Thomas Luny (born 1759 in Cornwall , † September 30, 1837 in Teignmouth ) was a British painter of the 19th century. Among other things, he painted the sea battle at Abukir .
Life
At the age of eleven, Luny began an apprenticeship with the marine painter Francis Holman (1729–1784) and worked with him until 1780 with interruptions. In September 1777 he visited Paris and probably also made a trip to Portugal. In 1780 he opened his own studio in London near the East India Company , whose members gave him orders that took him to Naples, Gibraltar and Charleston in South Carolina.
From 1780 to 1793 he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy of Arts , then again in 1802. The almost ten-year break was explained in older literature with a longer service in the Royal Navy (he was supposed to be the Royal Navy paymaster under Captain George Tobin served and left in 1810 because of arthritis ); however, this story has turned out to be untrue.
In mid-1807, Luny moved to Teignmouth, where he also captured the coastline of Devonshire in paintings. Luny made an estimated 3,000 paintings, mostly ships, portraits and depictions of naval battles. His work is in collections at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pieter van der Merwe, 'Luny, Thomas (bap. 1759, d. 1837)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2012, doi: 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 17198
- ↑ http://www.rehsgalleries.com/thomas_luny_battle_of_cape_st_vincent.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luny, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cornwall |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1837 |
| Place of death | Teignmouth |