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Arthur Devis
1712-1787
English
By 1728 he had left Preston, and the following year he was working in London for the Flemish topographical and sporting painter Peter Tillemans. There he specialized in landscape painting and copying various works in Tillemans studio after Marco Ricci, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Jan van Bloemen. Devis earliest known commission, Hoghton Towers from Duxon Hill, Lancashire (1735; priv. col., see 1983 exh. cat., no. 3), painted for Sir Henry Hoghton during a trip to Preston in 1734-5, shows Tillemans influence in its attention to detail and the use of thin, transparent paint. Thomas Lister with his Family (c. 1738; Chicago, IL, A. Inst.) demonstrates a similar interest in landscape, featuring the family group in Gisburn Park, Lancs. Devis had returned to London by 1742 and established himself as a painter of conversation pieces, with a studio in Great Queen Street. Roger Hesketh with his Family is typical of his work at this time; it shows how Devis transformed the intimacy of a Dutch 17th-century genre scene into an elegant interior with the group of sitters connected by formal, schematic gestures. Roger Hesketh stands apart, in a tastefully contrived pose, his legs crossed and right arm thrust inside his waistcoat. His son, Fleetwood, stands with his hand resting on a dog next to his wife, who is seated with an infant on her lap. The adjacent telescope, globe and marine paintings are intended to advertise Hesketh interest in astronomy and travel.
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Robert Manners-Sutton
oil on canvas
65 x 51 cm
Date 18th century
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Painting ID:: 82883
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oil on canvas
65 x 51 cm
Date 18th century
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Double Portrait of Alicia and Jane Clarke in a Wooden Landscape
18th century
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 91.5 x 71 cm (36 x 28 in)
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Painting ID:: 86574
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Double_Portrait_of_Alicia_and_Jane_Clarke_in_a_Wooden_Landscape
18th century
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 91.5 x 71 cm (36 x 28 in)
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Robert Manners-Sutton
oil on canvas
65 x 51 cm
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Painting ID:: 86721
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oil on canvas
65 x 51 cm
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The Clavey family in their garden at Hampstead
1754(1754)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 124.5 X 99 cm
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Painting ID:: 96304
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The_Clavey_family_in_their_garden_at_Hampstead
1754(1754)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 124.5 X 99 cm
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Sir Roger Newdigate in the Library at Arbury
18th century
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 96616
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Sir_Roger_Newdigate_in_the_Library_at_Arbury
18th century
Medium oil on canvas
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Arthur_Devis
1712-1787
English
By 1728 he had left Preston, and the following year he was working in London for the Flemish topographical and sporting painter Peter Tillemans. There he specialized in landscape painting and copying various works in Tillemans studio after Marco Ricci, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Jan van Bloemen. Devis earliest known commission, Hoghton Towers from Duxon Hill, Lancashire (1735; priv. col., see 1983 exh. cat., no. 3), painted for Sir Henry Hoghton during a trip to Preston in 1734-5, shows Tillemans influence in its attention to detail and the use of thin, transparent paint. Thomas Lister with his Family (c. 1738; Chicago, IL, A. Inst.) demonstrates a similar interest in landscape, featuring the family group in Gisburn Park, Lancs. Devis had returned to London by 1742 and established himself as a painter of conversation pieces, with a studio in Great Queen Street. Roger Hesketh with his Family is typical of his work at this time; it shows how Devis transformed the intimacy of a Dutch 17th-century genre scene into an elegant interior with the group of sitters connected by formal, schematic gestures. Roger Hesketh stands apart, in a tastefully contrived pose, his legs crossed and right arm thrust inside his waistcoat. His son, Fleetwood, stands with his hand resting on a dog next to his wife, who is seated with an infant on her lap. The adjacent telescope, globe and marine paintings are intended to advertise Hesketh interest in astronomy and travel.
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