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Sir Henry Raeburn RA RSA FRSE (/ ˈ r eɪ b ər n /; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland. [1]
Jul 4, 2024 · Sir Henry Raeburn was a leading Scottish portrait painter during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In about 1771 Raeburn was apprenticed to the goldsmith James Gilliland and is said to have studied with the Edinburgh portrait painter David Martin briefly in 1775.
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Sir Henry Raeburn is perhaps the best known of all Scottish painters. He was almost exclusively a portraitist and his career was wholly in Scotland, mainly in Edinburgh. Apprenticed to a jeweller, it is not precisely known how Raeburn's attention turned to painting.
Learn about Henry Raeburn, the first significant Scottish portrait painter since the Union, who served King George IV and painted many famous figures. Explore his 60 artworks, including self-portrait, oil paintings and miniatures, on Wikiart.org.
- British
- March 4, 1756
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- July 8, 1823
Originally apprenticed to a goldsmith, Henry Raeburn showed enormous artistic talent as a young man. In 1784 he moved to London where he met the important portrait painter Joshua Reynolds.
May 6, 2022 · Henry Raeburn was born in Edinburgh, the son of a successful businessman who prepared yarn for the wool trade. However, both of Raeburn’s parents died in the early 1760s, leaving the young Raeburn in the care of his brother William, 12 years his senior.
Raeburn was born at Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, on 4 March 1756, the younger of the two sons of Robert Raeburn and Ann Elder. He was educated at George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to the goldsmith James Gilliband.
