弗兰斯·范德明

1719 - 1783 Dutch

十八世纪荷兰裔英国肖像画家

弗兰斯·范德米恩是18世纪来自荷兰北部的画家。 根据荷兰艺术史研究所（RKD）的记录，他是赫尔曼·范德迈因的儿子，出生于其父亲迁居杜塞尔多夫为普法尔茨选帝侯约翰·威廉工作期间。他影响了画家詹姆斯·莱瑟姆。他在1742年至1748年间于阿姆斯特丹工作，并在海牙工作过，之后返回英国，从事肖像画创作，并在1761年至1772年间每年向伦敦艺术家学会提交一幅画作。 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.