Alexandre Antigna, originally an historical painter, turned from historical disasters to those which take place in the life of the lower strata of the people.
As an historical painter, and when better employed as a painter of portraits, Ingres has crystallised all the life and marrow of the past in his icy works, and he appears in the midst of the century like a marvellous and sterile sphinx.
Dayes, his contemporary, suggests, however, that he was made a historical painter by the printsellers, rather than by the sufficiency of his own genius in that respect.
Sir James Thornhill, who had headed the most important of the parties into which the institution had become divided, and who held the appointment of historical painter to George I.
Of course our young man commenced as a historical painter, deeming that the highest branch of art; and declining (except for preparatory studies) to operate on any but the largest canvasses.
I am not a fit subject for a historical painter, Mr. Gandish.
I am an historical painter; but whenever Lord Kew is painted I hope his lordship will think of the old servant of his lordship's family, Charles Gandish," cries the Professor.
Salvator Rosa's greatest talent lay in landscape painting, a branch which he affected to despise, as he was ambitious of being called an historical painter.
After Salvator Rosa's return to Rome from Florence, he demanded exorbitant prices for his works, and though his greatest talent lay in landscape painting, he affected to despise that branch, being ambitious of shining as an historical painter.
Reynolds, an historical painter; Gainsborough, a painter of landscape.
As an historical painter he took much the same course as David; he began as a Revolutionist in 1795 with the usual "Belisarius," and ended as a Royalist with a "Coronation of Charles X.
But the very simplicity of what was offered--both in style and technique--prevented Menzel from being at the beginning accepted in his own country as an "historical painter.
His Grace's Plan to procure Engagements for Mr. West as an Historical Painter.
Poussin is, in the strict sense of the word, an historical painter.
Nay, he wrote to me after repeated examination of Allston's great picture, declaring himself a complete convert to all my opinions of Allston's paramount genius as a historical painter.
Nicolas Poussin had an exceptional reputation for a historical painter in his day.
He was an architect, or jeweller, and a historical painter of heavy crowded pictures.
He was a historical painter of the early Venetian School and a follower of the Bellini.
I hope with his "something" he is not going to be a historical painter.
Northcote, a little wizened old man, with a broad Devonshire accent, exclaimed on hearing that his young visitor intended to be a historical painter: 'Heestorical painter!
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