亨利·辛格爾頓

1766 - 1839 English

英國肖像與微型畫家

亨利·辛格爾頓是一位英國畫家和微型畫藝術家。 亨利·辛格爾頓出生於英國倫敦的一個藝術世家。他父親去世時，他還不到兩歲，因此由他的叔叔威廉·辛格爾頓（卒於1793年）撫養長大。威廉曾師從奧齊亞斯·漢弗萊學習，並繪製肖像畫和微型畫。另一位叔叔約瑟夫·辛格爾頓在1773年至1788年間於皇家藝術學院展出作品。亨利的姐妹瑪麗亞和莎拉（後姓麥克拉里南）均為微型畫家，她們分別於1808年至1820年和1787年至1806年在皇家藝術學院展出作品。 1807年，亨利娶了他表親威廉·辛格爾頓的獨生女。 亨利·辛格爾頓在倫敦肯辛頓戈爾7號的一位朋友家中去世，享年72歲，並被安葬在聖馬丁教堂（St Martin-in-the-Fields）。 儘管辛格爾頓像他的叔伯們和姊姊一樣也繪製微型畫，但他並未嚴格拘泥於這一體裁。1784年至1839年間，他在皇家藝術學院展出了約300件作品，其中大部分為肖像畫，其餘作品中宗教題材佔很大比例。他多年來一直是皇家藝術學院在世的最年長參展藝術家。自1806年起，他的作品也在英國學會展出；自1824年起至1839年去世，他的作品還在英國藝術家學會展出。 From the age of sixteen, Singleton worked as a professional portraitist. He attended the Royal Academy Schools from the age of seventeen and won the silver medal in 1784. His painting from John Dryden’s ode Alexander’s Feast won the gold medal in 1788. In 1793, Singleton was commissioned by the Royal Academy to paint a group portrait of forty of the academicians. Ironically, he never became a member or an associate of the Academy himself. Early in his career, Singleton was noted for large compositions from the Bible, Shakespeare or contemporary historical events. Although his portrait work was always in demand, he never achieved the great success as a historical painter that his early promise indicated. Lord Nelson, Admiral Vernon, Lord Howe and John "Mad Jack" Fuller are among his portrait sitters. Paul I Granting Liberty to Kościuszko (1797) and The Death of Captain Alexander Hood after Capturing the French 74 "L'Hercule", 21 April 1798 are considered by some to be his best works. Shortly before his death, Singleton completed a series of cabinet pictures to illustrate the works of Shakespeare.

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