Richard Buckner (artist)

Richard Buckner
Born 25 October 1812
Woolwich, London, England
Died 12 August 1883 (aged 70)
Nationality English
Occupation Portrait painter
Portrait of a boy

Richard Buckner (born Woolwich, London, 25 October 1812; died 12 August 1883[1]), was an English portrait painter.[1]

Hon. Margaret Warren (1847–1921). Daughter of George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley. Wife to Sir Arthur Cowell-Stepney, 2nd Baronet.

Buckner was the son of an army officer.[1] After a serving in the army, he studied painting under G B Canevari in Rome.[1]

He first painted miniatures, but then changed to painting larger portraits.[1] He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1842 and 1877.[1]

Many engravings based on his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.[2] His oil paintings Portrait of a boy[1] and Portrait of a Boy Chorister of the Chapel Royal[3] are in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Buckner.

Paintings by Richard Buckner at the BBC Your Paintings site