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Francis Danby

1793–1861

Romantic Woodland c.1824–5
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2 artworks by Francis Danby
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Biography

Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the central figure in a group of artists who have come to be known as the Bristol School. His period of greatest success was in London in the 1820s.

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Artworks

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  • The Deluge

    Francis Danby
    ?c.1840
  • The Wood Nymph’s Hymn to the Rising Sun

    Francis Danby
    1845
  • The Deluge

    Francis Danby
    exhibited 1840
  • Children by a Brook

    Francis Danby
    c.1822
  • Liensfiord, Norway: Calm

    Francis Danby
    c.1835
  • Sunset at Sea after a Storm, engraved by F.C. Lewis

    After Francis Danby
    1826
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  • Romantic Woodland

    Francis Danby
    c.1824–5
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