John Astley
(April 6, 1724 - November 14, 1787) |
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Portraiture Art Work
| Name: |
John Astley |
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Male |
| Place of Birth: |
England |
| Nationality: |
British |
| Birth: |
April 6, 1724 |
| Death: |
November 14, 1787 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
Portraiture |
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Oil |
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| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
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Biography
| Astley was a portrait painter. He was the pupil of Hudson in early 1740s. In Florence 1751, painting copies of old masters, where he was patronised by Horace Mann, whose portrait he painted and who recommended him to Horace Walpole. He was friendly with Reynolds in Rome and the styles of their early portraits are not dissimilar. He had reasonable business in London and then went to Dublin in 1756, where he spent three very prosperous years. He was always a very flashy character and, on his way back to London, he met a rich widow, Lady Dukinfield-Daniell, whom he married, 7 December 1759. She died in 1762 and left him a fortune and the Dukinfield property in Cheshire. He became a playboy rather than an artist and did not bother to exhibit, but he took J.K. Sherwin as an apprentice in 1769, when be bought Schomberg House and decorated the principal apartment with considerable taste. In 1777 he sold his London collection of old masters and retired to Cheshire, where he became a country gentleman. He had considerable promise but never developed his art. |
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