Francis Danby

Francis Danby
Danby in the 1850s
Born(1793-11-16)16 November 1793
County Wexford, Ireland
Died9 February 1861(1861-02-09) (aged 67)
Exmouth, England
NationalityIrish
Known forLandscape painting

Francis Danby ARA (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era.[1][2] His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the central figure in a group of artists who have come to be known as the Bristol School. His period of greatest success was in London in the 1820s.[3]

  1. ^ Adams, Eric (1973). Francis Danby: Varieties of Poetic Landscape. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-01538-0.
  2. ^ Edward G. Malins and Morchard Bishop, James Smetham and Francis Danby: Two 19th Century Romantic Painters, London, Stevens, 1974.
  3. ^ Herrmann, Luke (2000). Nineteenth Century British Painting. London: Giles de la Mere. pp. 175–183. ISBN 1-900357-17-8.