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1766 art exhibition in London
The Exhibition of 1766 was an art exhibition held at Spring Gardens in London from April and 19 May 1766.[1] It was organised by the Society of Artists of Great Britain which included many leading painters, sculptors and architects of the mid-Georgian era.
Exhibits
The growing influence of Neoclassicism was clear. Nathaniel Dance-Holland, who had been working in Rome, displayed The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas.[2] However, it was the American artist Benjamin West who really drew attention with two history paintings with classical themes The Continence of Scipio and Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia both of which he had produced while in Italy. [3]
One of West’s pupils Matthew Pratt paid tribute to him in a painting titled The American School, showing West in his artist’s studio giving instruction to his fellow artists.[4] Another American John Singleton Copley earned praise for his portrait A Boy with a Flying Squirrel.[5] Joseph Wright of Derby displayed his chiaroscuro masterpiece A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery, the first of his major scientific and philosophical paintings.[6] Thomas Gainsborough featured a portrait of David Garrick, now lost, and a landscape. His rival Joshua Reynolds featured his Portrait of Jeffery Amherst.[7]
Gallery
References
Bibliography
- Barratt, Carrie Rebora . John Singleton Copley in America. John Singleton Copley in America. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995.
- Grossman, Lloyd. Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern. Merrell Publishers, 2015
- Hargreaves, Matthew. Candidates for Fame: The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2005.
- McIntyre, Ian. Joshua Reynolds: The Life and Times of the First President of the Royal Academy. Allen Lane, 2003.
- Wilson, Simon. British Art: From Holbein to the Present Day. Tate Gallery, 1979.
