John Burnet (painter)

John Burnet ( born March 20, 1784 in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, † April 29, 1868 in Stoke Newington, London) was a Scottish painter and engraver.

Burnet went in 1805 to London, where he made ​​a name as an engraver by the reproduction of the works of the Scottish painter David Wilkie. In 1833 he went to Paris to form by studying the masterpieces in the Louvre on. Other important engravings by him are reproductions of Raphael 's boxes, which were then still at Hampton Court Palace and later came to the museum in South Kensington.

As a painter, he created small genre pictures like " The disability of Greenwich ", " The little birds ", " The Board Game ", " The Battle of Waterloo " and others.

He was also active as a writer from 1815. So there is by him a five-volume series of textbooks on various branches of art, as well as a series of essays on artists and paintings.

Works (selection)

• John Burnet: Landscape painting in oil colors Explained in letters on the theory and practice of the art. London: Bogue. 1849
• John Burnet: Rembrandt and his works. Comprising a short account of his life. With a critical examination into his principles and practice of design, light, shade, and color. Illustrated by examples from the etchings of Rembrandt. London: Bogue. 1849
• John Burnet 's principles of the art of painting. Exemplified by the greatest masters of the Italian, Dutch and other schools. With many illustrations in steel engravings. Translated from English by Adolph Görling. Leipzig: Payne. 1853ff. ( In ten volumes )