弗蘭斯·范德明

1719 - 1783 Dutch

十八世紀荷蘭裔英國肖像畫家

弗蘭斯·范德米恩是18世紀來自荷蘭北部的畫家。 根據荷蘭藝術史研究所（RKD）的記錄，他是赫爾曼·范德邁因的兒子，出生於其父親遷居杜塞爾多夫為普法爾茨選帝侯約翰·威廉工作期間。他影響了畫家詹姆斯·萊瑟姆。他在1742年至1748年間於阿姆斯特丹工作，並在海牙工作過，之後返回英國，從事肖像畫創作，並在1761年至1772年間每年向倫敦藝術家學會提交一幅畫作。 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.