David Roberts ( born David Roberts ; October 24, 1796 - November 24, 1864 ) is a Scottish artist .
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| Date of Birth | October 24, 1796 |
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| Date of death | November 24, 1864 (68 years old) |
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Biography
Born into a craftsman family in a suburb of Edinburgh . After graduating from elementary school, he was apprenticed to house painter and decorator Gavin Beugo.
In 1815, Roberts began to work independently. In 1819, he was the set designer at the Royal Glasgow Theater, in 1820 at the Edinburgh Theater, from 1822 at the Drury Lane Theater ( London ), and since 1826 at the Covent Garden Theater . The first exhibition of paintings took place in 1824.
He became famous as a master of the image of architectural monuments. In 1824 he traveled to France , Belgium , Holland and Germany , where he made many drawings, which at that time were in great demand, since photography had not yet been invented, and drawings and prints were the only way to show the reader what distant countries look like. In 1832-1833 he spent eleven months in Spain and in Morocco .
David Roberts was also the founder of the Society of British Artists, which he headed in 1831.
The most fruitful was the artist’s trip to Egypt and Palestine in 1838-1839.
Roberts sailed on this journey September 11, 1838 from Marseille and September 24 arrived in Alexandria . On the ship, the artist climbed along the Nile far to Nubia , to the temple of Abu Simbel . From February 7 to May 13, 1839 he traveled through Sinai and Petra to Jerusalem and other places of the Holy Land . On July 21, 1839, the artist returned to England, bringing with him 272 drawings, a picture depicting a panorama of Cairo, three notebooks of sketches and a travel diary rewritten by his daughter Christina.
In 1841, David Roberts was elected a member of the Royal Academy. The publication in 1842-1849 of an album of engravings from Egyptian and Palestinian paintings brought Roberts European fame. He became the most famous artist of the Victorian era.
In 1843, Roberts once again visited France, Belgium and Holland, in 1851 in northern Italy, two years later in Rome and Naples, and later again in Belgium and Paris.
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- ↑ Union List of Artist Names - 2017.