迈克尔·安杰洛·鲁克

1746 - 1801 English

英国建筑水彩画先驱

迈克尔·安杰洛·鲁克是一位英国油画和水彩画家,擅长建筑与风景画,同时也是插画师和版画家。他还曾担任干草市场剧院的首席舞台布景画家。 迈克尔是艺术家爱德华·鲁克和伊丽莎白·科瑟姆的儿子,由父亲教授雕刻,并在伦敦圣马丁巷学校和皇家艺术学院学校跟随保罗·桑德比学习绘画。正是桑德比开玩笑地称他为迈克尔"安杰洛"·鲁克,但这个名字却流传了下来。 In 1765 he exhibited some 'stained' drawings at the exhibition in Spring Gardens, London and in 1768 a print by him of the 'Villa Adriana' (after Richard Wilson), was published. In 1770 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. In 1772 he exhibited a painting of Temple Bar, and he contributed some illustrations to an edition of Sterne, published that year. Most of the landscapes in Kearsley's Copperplate Magazine (1776–1777) were engraved by him, as well as a few plates in its successor, 'The Virtuosi's Museum', and he both drew and engraved the headings of the Oxford Almanack for several years, for each of which he received 50 pounds. 他长期担任伦敦干草市场剧院的首席舞台布景画家,并在演出海报上以"罗克里尼先生"的名义出现;但据称,在他去世前几年,因拒绝帮助经理科尔曼偿还债务而被解雇。 1788年,他开始在该国进行秋季旅行,我们之所以拥有大多数使他在水彩画派创始人中享有荣誉地位的画作,正是得益于这些旅行。这些作品主要描绘诺福克、萨福克、萨默塞特、沃里克郡及其他郡的建筑遗迹,他绘制精良,并以雅致和细腻的手法加以处理。画中的人物与动物也以艺术化的方式融入其中。 鲁克在离开干草市场剧院后陷入抑郁,并于1801年3月3日在苏荷区迪恩街的椅子上突然去世。次年五月,他的画作在萨维尔街的斯奎布拍卖行售出,成交价为1,240英镑。 鲁克终身未婚,一生都生活在伦敦。他在艺术家学会展出了一幅素描,在皇家艺术学院展出了九十八幅作品。J. M. W. 透纳对他十分钦佩,通过临摹鲁克的《巴特尔修道院门楼》学习了一种被称为"色彩分层"的绘画技法,并在鲁克去世后购买了其十多幅画作。

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