John Byrne (artist)
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William Byrne (engraver)
William Byrne, an engraver, was born in London in 1743. He is the father of John Byrne. After studying some time under his uncle, an artist little known, he went to Paris, where he became a pupil of Aliamet, and afterwards of Wille. He died in London in 1805, and was buried in Old St. Pancras...
, was born in 1786, and for some time followed his father's profession; but subsequently directed his attention toward landscape
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
painting in watercolours
Watercolor painting
Watercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...
. He sent pictures to the exhibitions of the Water-Colour Society
Royal Watercolour Society
The Royal Watercolour Society is an English institution of painters working in watercolours...
and the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
; and spent some years (about 1832-37) in Italy. He died in 1847. In the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
are:
- The Ferry at Twickenham {exhibited in 1830).
- Italian Landscape, with Monastery.
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