亞瑟·德維斯
英國對話式肖像畫先驅
阿瑟·德維斯是一位出生於蘭開夏郡的藝術家，是畫家安東尼·德維斯（1729–1816）的同父異母兄弟，也是畫家托馬斯·安東尼·德維斯（1757–1810）與阿瑟·威廉·德維斯（1762–1822）的父親。他在藝術史上的地位通常被認定為一種如今被稱為『群像畫』的肖像畫家。 亞瑟師從佛蘭德畫家彼得·蒂勒曼斯。儘管他早期的部分作品是風景畫，但他也利用家族關係為支持詹姆斯黨的蘭開夏郡家族成員繪製肖像，從而贏得客戶。事實上，到1737年，他已轉向肖像畫創作，並在倫敦開設了工作室。 在倫敦，德維斯獲得了相當的聲譽，儘管他的成功呈現某種拋物線趨勢。面對約書亞·雷諾茲和約翰·佐法尼等畫家作品所代表的其他流行藝術潮流，他的委託逐漸減少，被迫轉行修復畫作。他於1742年結婚，育有二十二個孩子，但存活者寥寥。1783年，他出售了自己擁有的所有畫作，並於1787年在布萊頓退休後去世。
Relationship Network
Master student
- Peter Tillemans Master
Parent child
- Thomas Anthony Devis Child
- Arthur William Devis Child
Siblings
- Anthony Devis Elder
Artworks by this artist
- Mr And Mrs Atherton
- Portrait of a Young Woman 1748
- Gentleman With A Cannon 1741
- Children In An Interior 1750 - 1751
- John Thomlinson and His Family 1745
- Robert Gwillym of Atherton and William Farington of Werden 1743
- Thomas Lister and Family at Gisburne Park 1740
- An Unknown Man With His Daughter 1744 - 1746
- Portrait Of Richard Beard Streatfield Of Copford Lichfield, Staffordshire (1705-1770), With A View Of Table Bay, Cape Town Beyond 1746
- Probably John Trevor, third Baron Trevor, of St. Anne’s Hill, Surrey, and Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire 1763
- The John Bacon Family 1742 - 1743
- Mr. And Mrs. Hill 1750 - 1751
- Sir John Shaw and his Family in the Park at Eltham Lodge, Kent 1761
- An Unknown Man Seated at a Table 1744 - 1746
- Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen And Captain Chester At Okeover Hall, Staffordshire 1745 - 1747
- An Unknown Man In A Library 1740 - 1741
- Portrait Of A Family, Traditionally Known As The Swaine Family Of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire 1749
- Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family 1745 - 1747
- Anne Streatfeild, Née Sidney C 1710-1787
- Portrait Of A Lady, Seated At A Harpsichord, Possibly Lucy, Duchess Of St. Albans (D. 1752) 1749