Robert Crone (artist)
Robert Crone (c. 1740 - 1779) was an Irish painter who studied with Richard Wilson in Rome.
Life[]
Crone was born in Dublin about the middle of the 1700s, and received his early instruction from Robert Hunter, the portrait painter; but he soon left that branch of the profession, and commenced painting landscapes, in which he achieved considerable success.[1] In 1755 he went to Rome, where he studied under Richard Wilson for about a year.[2] James Martin noted in his journal that Crone "has chiefly studyed Claude Lorrain and I believe is reckoned to have a good Deal of his Manner".[2]
Crone remained in Rome until 1767. The next year he was in London, where he showed two drawings at the Society of Arts.[2] From 1772 until 1778 he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy, although much hindered and tried by ill-health superinduced by frequent epileptic fits. His first exhibited pictures were two landscapes called Morning and Evening.[1] He exhibited drawings, some of which were finished after Richard Wilson's style in black and white chalk on a bluish-grey paper. His landscapes are now very scarce and much sought after; a few examples are in the Royal Collection.[1]
He died in London in 1779.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bryan 1886–89
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Figgis, Nichola (1987). "Irish Landscapists in Rome 1750-1780" (PDF). Irish Arts Review. 4: 60. Retrieved 30 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
Sources[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Crone, Robert". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 1779 deaths
- 18th-century Irish painters
- Irish male painters
- Irish landscape painters
- People from Dublin (city)
- Irish emigrants to Great Britain
- Irish painter stubs