William Hoare
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William Hoare RA (c. 1707 – 12 December 1792) was an English painter, noted for his pastels.[1]
His father apprenticed him to Guiseppi Grisoni with whom Hoare travelled to Rome in 1728. On returning to England in 1738, Hoare settled in Bath, where he became a governor of the hospital.[1] During the 1740's and 1750's he painted a great number of influential politicians and social leaders, including Prime Minister's Pitt and Walpole, and the composer, Handel. He was the first fashionable portraitist to settle in Bath, and he remained as the leading portrait painter there until the arrival of Thomas Gainsborough in 1759. However, he remained the favourite of his powerful patron the Duke of Newcastle, his family and political associates. Included amongst his other important patrons were the Earls of Pembroke and Chesterfield, and the Duke of Beaufort. With Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds he was a founding member of the Royal Academy. Chalmers described him as 'an ingenious and amiable English painter'.
His son, Prince Hoare, achieved fame as a painter and dramatist.[1]
[1] William Hoare's work at the National Portrait Gallery
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[edit] Bibliography
- Holbrook, M. (1973). "Painters in Bath in the eighteenth century". Apollo 98: 375–84.
- Newby, E. (1986). "The Hoares of Bath". Bath History 1: 90–127.
- — (1990). William Hoare of Bath RA, 1707–92, exhibition catalogue, Bath: Victoria Art Gallery. ISBN 0862998972.
- — (2006a) "William Hoare (of Bath)", Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved on 15 August 2007 (subscription required)
- — (2006b) "Hoare, William (1707/8–1792)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edn, accessed 15 Aug 2007
[edit] External links
- William Hoare. A Gentleman in Brown. Tate Online. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
- —. An eighteenth century consultation. Dr Oliver and Mr Peirce Examining Patients. Medical Heritage of Great Britain. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
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