John Partridge (artist)
- for others with the same name, see John Partridge (disambiguation)
John Partridge (20 November 1789 – 25 November 1872) was a British artist and
Born in
Education and early career
Partridge studied with the portrait painter
Royal patronage
The move seems to have paid off: his career blossomed. Between 1827 and 1845, he painted over two hundred portraits, earning him £2762 in 1841 alone.
Later career and legacy
In 1846, Partridge made the decision never to exhibit again at the Royal Academy, after two of his portraits were placed insultingly badly, probably in consequence of a dispute more than a decade earlier with fellow artist and Royal Academician, Ramsay Richard Reinagle, over Partridge altering one of Reinagle's pictures for the owner. He did not change his mind even when, two years later, Reinagle was discredited for claiming another artist's work as his own.[7]
Although Partridge set up a gallery in his studio to exhibit his works, commissions plummeted, with only 76 portraits in the period from 1845 to 1865, and his income inevitably suffered. Towards the end of his life, Partridge railed against this injustice in a pamphlet, On the Constitution and Management of the Royal Academy (1864), writing that he had been "driven from the position I held in public estimation and employment ... as the penalty for maintaining any degree of self-respect and independent feeling."[1]
Partridge died in London in 1872. He had earlier donated some of his unsold paintings to the
Portraits and other works
Partridge portrayed many of the notable people of the day, with over three hundred portraits in total.
He worked mainly in
His other works encompassed landscapes, often depicting Italy, paintings with literary themes, and studies, often of children. The majority were exhibited at the British Institution. Usually small, they included numerous pencil sketches, sometimes incorporating an ink or watercolour wash.[1][8]
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Selected works
Links to online representations are given where available.
- 'The artist and his family in his house at 21 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square' (c. 1828–35)
- 'Satan' (1829)[1]
- 'L'allegrezza' (1833)[1]
- 'John Partridge' (c. 1838)
- 'Queen Victoria' (1840)
- 'Prince Albert' (1841)
- 'William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne' (1844)
- 'Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston' (1844–5)
- 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846' (c. 1846–53)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Graves RE. ‘Partridge, John (1789–1872)’ (Noble C, revd), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press; 2004) (accessed 23 August 2007)
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 876.
- ^ a b c d e Ormond R. (1967) John Partridge and the Fine Arts Commissioners Burlington Magazine 109: 397–403 (accessed 19 August 2007)
- ^ Museum Network: Creative Quarters: The Art World in London 1700 to 2000 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 19 August 2007)
- ^ a b Museum of London: John Partridge (1790–1872) Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 19 August 2007)
- ^ The Royal Collection: John Partridge (accessed 19 August 2007)
- ^ Corley TAB. 'Reinagle, Ramsay Richard (1775–1862)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press; 2004) (accessed 23 August 2007)
- ^ a b c d National Portrait Gallery: John Partridge (1790–1872), Portrait painter (accessed 19 August 2007)
- ^ Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online: Hodgson, Joseph (1788–1869) (accessed 19 August 2007)
- ^ The Glasgow Story: James Watt: Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection (accessed 19 August 2007)
External links
- 35 artworks by or after John Partridge at the Art UK site
- Works by John Partridge (illustrator) at Faded Page (Canada)
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