Richard Rothwell

Richard Rothwell ( born November 20, 1800, Athlone, Ireland, † September 13, 1868 in Rome) was an Irish painter who was best known for his portraits and genre paintings.

Life

Richard Rothwell was born in Athlone, Ireland, the son of James and Elizabeth Rothwell. He was the oldest of seven children of this couple. His training as a painter, he was in Dublin in 1814 bis 1820. At 24, he joined the newly founded Royal Hibernian Academy and exhibited there several times successfully his images. Shortly after 1826, he moved to London, where he worked as an assistant to Thomas Lawrence, whose style influenced him. After Lawrence's death, he completed some of his images. After 1829 created portraits of the deputies William Huskisson ( 1830) and William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1831 ) and William Farren (1829 ), all of which are in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Even Victoria, Duchess of Kent, he portrayed. From 1830 he also painted genre paintings, which were influenced by Italian paintings.

Examples of his paintings

William Huskisson (1831 )

Portrait of a young man