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George Romney (26 de diciembre de 1734-15 de noviembre de 1802) fue un pintor retratista británico. Biografía. Nació en Dalton-in-Furness, condado de Lancashire, y fue aprendiz de su padre como ebanista.
George Romney (26 de diciembre de 1734 – 15 de noviembre de 1802) fue un destacado pintor retratista británico. Nació en Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, y fue aprendiz de su padre como ebanista. En 1755 marchó a Kendal para aprender pintura de un artista de Cumberland llamado Christopher Steele, y en los dos años siguientes se convirtió ...
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- Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom
George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1969 to 1973.
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Romney was born in Beckside in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire (now in Cumbria), the 3rd son (of 11 children) of John Romney, cabinet maker, and Anne Simpson. Raised in a cottage named High Cocken in modern-day Barrow-in-Furness, he was sent to school at nearby Dendron. He appears to have been an indifferent student and was withdrawn at the age of 11...
Westmorland
In 1757, Romney rejoined his wife and young son in Kendal, working as a portraitist, landscape and historical painter. In this period he became friends with Adam Walker, the inventor and writer, and also pursued musical interests in his spare time. In March 1762, he parted from his wife, son and daughter (the latter dying in 1763), to seek his fortune in London, where he stayed (apart from a few return visits to Cumbria) until 1799. Throughout the separation, he maintained contact with his fa...
London
In 1763, Romney entered his painting, The Death of General Wolfe, into a Royal Society of Arts competition. According to friends of Romney, he was awarded the second prize of 50 guineas, but this was later reduced to 25 guineas on questionable grounds. It is said that Sir Joshua Reynoldshimself was the prime mover behind this decision, a fact which may have accounted for the lifelong aversion of the two men for each other. Despite his later success, Romney was never invited to join the Royal...
Italy
By 1772 Romney was financially secure enough to make the journey (with Ozias Humphrey) to Italy to study the great artists of the past, as he had always intended. He set off in March, making his way through Europe (via Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Nice, Genoa, Livorno, Florence and Pisa) and arriving in Rome in June. A letter of introduction allowed him to meet the Pope, Clement XIV, who allowed him to set up scaffolding in the Vatican to study the frescoes of Raphael. He spent 18 months in Rome...
Romney's work is on display at many museums and art Galleries in the UK, North America and elsewhere: UK and Ireland 1. Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal); Kendal Town Hall (Kendal); Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford); Courtauld Institute of Art (London); Dorset Museum (Dorchester); Dulwich Picture Gallery (London); National Portrait Gallery, Lon...
Joseph Brant, 1776The children of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford(1776–7)]Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Charles Chaplin(1781)Portrait of Miss Juliana Willoughby, 1781–1788315 artworks by or after George Romney at the Art UKsiteGeorge Wilcken Romney (8 de julio de 1907-26 de julio de 1995) fue un empresario y político estadounidense. Fue presidente de American Motors Corporation de 1954 a 1962, el 43.° gobernador del estado de Míchigan de 1963 a 1969 por el Partido Republicano y Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de 1969 a 1973.
George Romney es uno de los más conocidos retratistas ingleses del siglo XVIII, junto a Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds Pintor neoclásico inglés, destacó como retratista, rivalizando con Gainsborough.
George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.
