安东尼·德维斯
英国地形风景画家
安东尼·德维斯是一位英国风景画家,尤其擅长水彩和油画,主要在伦敦活动。 安东尼·德维斯出生于兰开夏郡的普雷斯顿。他的父亲也叫安东尼·德维斯,是当地的木匠和镇议员。小安东尼是他父亲与第二任妻子安妮·布莱克本所生的两个儿子中的长子。他的父亲在与第一任妻子埃琳·劳瑟梅尔的婚姻中也有两个儿子,其中年长者是肖像画家亚瑟·德维斯。小安东尼·德维斯终身未婚。 在1742年的普雷斯顿行会名册中,小安东尼·德维斯被描述为伦敦的一位画家,但没有任何他的作品被确定日期早于1760年。在1760年至1780年间,他创作了许多风景画,主要面向英格兰北部的地主。他于1761年和1763年在自由艺术家协会展出画作,并于1772年和1781年在皇家艺术学院展出。他的大多数画作都是地形画(描绘特定地点),尽管在其职业生涯后期,他也创作了一些包含古典元素的理想化景观。 巧合的是,安东尼·德维斯的这项活动恰逢俄罗斯女皇叶卡捷琳娜大帝的兴趣所在,她建造了一座宫殿,作为圣彼得堡与她在皇村的夏宫之间的中途驿站。该地点四周环绕着沼泽,新建的切斯梅宫(以俄罗斯海军在切斯梅海战中的胜利命名)也被称为"La Grenouillère"(青蛙沼泽),源自该地最初的芬兰语名称Kekerekeksinen。叶卡捷琳娜委托英国瓷器制造商乔赛亚·韦奇伍德为她的新宫殿定制了一套晚宴和甜点餐具。这套餐具可供五十人使用,最初由944件组成,饰有1,222幅风景画。 The service was in "Queen's ware", Wedgwood's finest formulation of creamware or fine earthenware. Normally, large services for royalty were in porcelain, and an imperial order for a large earthenware service was a great coup. Its decoration was to feature hand-painted views of country houses from the British Isles in landscape settings and bore also a standard green frog device. Known subsequently as the Frog Service or "Green Frog Service", and produced in 1773-1774, it is regarded as one of the Wedgewood masterpieces and incidentally provides a valuable pictorial record of Britain at the period. The subjects include many of the finest British gardens of the day, ruined castles and abbeys, old manor houses, views over the Thames and numerous curiosities. A good number of these subjects were especially congenial to Catherine's interest in the Gothic revival. It is known that a number of the designs were drawn from Anthony Devis' work. Wedgwood lost a considerable amount in fulfilling the order, but the prestige compensated for this. 1780年,安东尼·德维斯退休至萨里郡吉尔福德附近的阿尔伯里府,在那里他收藏了一批绘画和奇珍异宝。他还在阿尔伯里附近的一座小山上建造了一间画室。德维斯于1816年去世,安葬于阿尔伯里老教堂。
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Siblings
- Arthur Devis Elder
Artworks by this artist
- Coastal scene
- Waterfall and Tree Trunk
- Zahara
- Deer Resting in Albury Park after 1780
- Estuary with Castle and village
- Landscape with trees 1801
- Mr. Godschall’s House
- Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep
- Village Seen from Across a Lake
- Linmouth (Lynmouth)
- Landscape with seated man 18th century
- Landscape with stream in foreground
- A view of Windsor Castle and The Long Walk from Snow Hill
- American Deer
- Driving sheep to market
- Landscape near Watford, Herfordshire
- Lake and mountains
- Two Boys and a Dog in a Wood
- Herdsman driving Cattle