フランス・ファン・デル・メイン

1719 - 1783 Dutch

18世紀オランダ系英国肖像画家

フランス・ファン・デル・ミインは、18世紀のオランダ北部出身の画家でした。 オランダ美術史研究所（RKD）によれば、彼はヘルマン・ファン・デル・ミーンの息子で、父がプファルツ選帝侯ヨハン・ヴィルヘルムの下で働くためにデュッセルドルフに引っ越した際に生まれた。彼は画家ジェームズ・ラサムに影響を与えた。1742年から1748年までアムステルダムで働き、ハーグでも働いた後、イングランドに戻り、肖像画を手掛け、1761年から1772年まで毎年ロンドン芸術家協会に作品を出品した。 In 1750 Johan van Gool wrote about him, his father, his brothers Robert, George, Andreas and Gerard, and his sister Cornelia who were all good painters. In 1808 Edward Edwards wrote the following about him: "Frank Vandermine, or Vander Mijne: A native of Holland, who lived many years in England, and practised as a portrait painter, both in London and the country. He was some time at Norwich, where he painted several heads. He had considerable merit as an artist, but was of mean address and vulgar manners: He loved smoking and drinking, nor would forego his pipe, though it was offensive to his employers, so that he never acquired the practice which he might otherwise have obtained. He boasted, that after he had painted a portrait, the likeness remained so strong upon his memory, that if the picture were immediately obliterated, he could repaint the resemblance without the assistance of the sitter. He died in indigent circumstances, at his apartments in Moorfields, some time in 1783.