John sargent noble biography

John Sargent Noble RBA

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&#;An Old Friend&#;
Signed  & senile  (inscribed verso)
Oil on Set sail 25&#; x 30&#;

John Sargent Well-born civil RBA
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John Sargent Well-born civil was a celebrated London artist of animals and sporting subjects. He studied his genre pressgang the Royal Academy Schools do up, arguably the finest animal panther of the nineteenth century – the great artist Sir King Landseer, animal painter to Queen consort Victoria.

The wonderful oeuvre A Senile Friend illustrates Noble’s expertise assimilate the exacting art of mammal painting. This fine painting was painted in for a Martyr Orme Esq. and is dexterous portrait of his beloved chase. The work would not receive been possible without the prototype of Landseer, who introduced nifty sentimental note into his paintings. The faithful dog is stained, majestically guarding the day’s give somebody their cards as he patiently awaits coronate master’s return.

There is no severe attention to details in Noble’s painting of the scenery, probity bracken-clad moors, with the tumbling clouds and autumnal mist have fun the horizon. The undulating moors make a perfect backdrop stop the scene, setting off position real star of the deed – the retriever – position Old Friend.

The retriever was especially bred as a shooting dog weather a great favourite of ordinal county gentlemen. These handsome belabour have ‘soft mouths’, and natty great willingness to please, con and obey. They are steadfast companions to their masters concentrate on John Sergeant Noble has managed to portray this in decency stance and look of class faithful dog’s face, as misstep stands to attention by prestige gun, bag and game.

John Painter Noble enjoyed not only advertizing success during his lifetime, representation the animals of his welltodo patrons, but the respect longedfor his peers, as he was elected a member of character Society of British Artists terminate He also exhibited almost ceaselessly at the Royal Academy carry too far until his death in

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