John Cleveley the Younger

John Cleveley the Younger (24 December 1747 – 25 June 1786) was a British artist and marine painter.

Life and work

Cleveley was the son of

marine painters. John and Robert were both brought up and trained in dockyards, but (particularly by producing pictures especially for print reproduction) addressed much wider audiences with their art than their father had done.^[1]

He trained under the artist

Moorea.^{[citation needed}

]

John the Younger painted the Royal Dockyards at Deptford, Woolwich and Chatham (e.g. the hand-coloured print A view of His Majesty’s dockyard at Chatham, showing a naval ship being floated out, a launching scene common in the work of both father and son; and Launch of HMS Alexander at Deptford in 1778). However, John the Younger's launch scenes abandon John the Elder's documentary style and its stiffness, and instead show a more atmospheric, open view, with low horizons reminiscent of 17th-century Dutch Golden Age marine art. The son's range of subjects was also far wider.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Cust, Lionel Henry (1885–1900). "Cleveley, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "'The View of Huaheine, one of the Society Islands in the South Seas' - National Maritime Museum".

External links

"The Cleveley Family", at Portcities

[DNB00-1] Cust, Lionel Henry (1885–1900). "Cleveley, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[2] "'The View of Huaheine, one of the Society Islands in the South Seas' - National Maritime Museum".

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