HIGHMORE, Joseph
English Painter, 1692-1780 English painter and writer. The son of a coal merchant and the nephew of Thomas Highmore (1660-1720), Serjeant-Painter to the King, he was articled to an attorney on 18 July 1707. Bored with his duties, he attended Kneller's Academy from 1713 and in 1715 abandoned law, setting up as a portrait painter in the City of London. From 1720 he attended the St Martin's Lane Academy, where he was able to study contemporary French styles in art and design, particularly that of Gravelot. He read widely and mastered Brook Taylor's system of perspective (1715). He also attended William Cheselden's anatomy lectures and contributed designs to that author's Anatomy of the Human Body (1722).
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HIGHMORE, Joseph Mr. Oldham and his Friends f oil painting


Mr. Oldham and his Friends f
c. 1750 Oil on canvas, 105 x 130 cm Tate Gallery, London
Painting ID::  7484 		HIGHMORE, Joseph
Mr. Oldham and his Friends f
c. 1750 Oil on canvas, 105 x 130 cm Tate Gallery, London
   
   
     
HIGHMORE, Joseph Pamela and Mr. B in the Summer House oil painting


Pamela and Mr. B in the Summer House
1744, oil on canvas, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Painting ID::  19072 		HIGHMORE, Joseph
Pamela and Mr. B in the Summer House
1744, oil on canvas, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
   
   
     
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     English Painter, 1692-1780 English painter and writer. The son of a coal merchant and the nephew of Thomas Highmore (1660-1720), Serjeant-Painter to the King, he was articled to an attorney on 18 July 1707. Bored with his duties, he attended Kneller's Academy from 1713 and in 1715 abandoned law, setting up as a portrait painter in the City of London. From 1720 he attended the St Martin's Lane Academy, where he was able to study contemporary French styles in art and design, particularly that of Gravelot. He read widely and mastered Brook Taylor's system of perspective (1715). He also attended William Cheselden's anatomy lectures and contributed designs to that author's Anatomy of the Human Body (1722).

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