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John Hoppner
John Hoppner

John Hoppner

English, 1758 - 1810
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John Hoppner RA was an English portrait painter, much influenced by Reynolds, who achieved fame as a brilliant colourist.

Hoppner was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of German parents – his mother was one of the German attendants at the royal palace. King George showed a fatherly interest and patronage of the young boy that gave rise to rumours, quite unfounded, that he may have been his illegitimate son.

Hoppner became a chorister at the royal chapel, but, showing strong inclination for art, in 1775 he entered the Royal Academy. In 1778 he took a silver medal for drawing from life, and in 1782 the Academy's highest award, the gold medal for historical painting, his subject being King Lear.

Hoppner first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780. His earliest love was for landscape, but necessity obliged him to turn to the more lucrative business of portrait painting. At once successful, he had throughout life the most fashionable and wealthy sitters, and was the greatest rival to the growing attraction of Thomas Lawrence. He rarely attempted ideal subjects, though a Sleeping Venus, Belisarius, Jupiter and Io, a Bacchante and Cupid and Psyche are recorded among his works. The Prince of Wales visited him especially often, and many of his finest portraits were hung in the state apartments at St James's Palace, notably those of the prince himself, the Duke and Duchess of York, Lord Rodney and Lord Nelson. His other sitters included Sir Walter Scott, the Duke of Wellington, Henry Bartle Frere and Sir George Beaumont.

In 1803 he published A Series of Portraits of Ladies, engraved after his paintings by Charles Wilkin, and in 1805 a volume of translations of Eastern tales into English verse.

Unusually Hoppner painted the background and perhaps more of a full-length portrait of Charlotte, Countess Talbot by Thomas Gainsborough in 1788, the year in which Gainsborough died. It is now in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

Hoppner was a man of great social power, and had the knowledge and accomplishments of a man of the world.

He married Phoebe Wright, the daughter of American-born sculptor Patience Wright. They had five children, although little is known about the youngest.

In his later years Hoppner suffered from a chronic disease of the liver. He died on 23 January 1810.

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Portrait of a Gentleman

Portrait of a Gentleman (c. 1810-1815)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Richard Humphreys- the Boxer

Richard Humphreys- the Boxer

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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The Frankland Sisters

The Frankland Sisters (1795)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Portrait Of Lady Cavendish

Portrait Of Lady Cavendish

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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The Bowden Children

The Bowden Children

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Jupiter And Io

Jupiter And Io

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Mythology
An Unknown British Officer, Probably of 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, c.1800

An Unknown British Officer, Probably of 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, c.1800

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Peter Dolland

Peter Dolland

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Girl with a Rabbit

Girl with a Rabbit (ca. 1800)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Mrs. John Garden (Ann Garden, 1769–1842) and Her Children, John (1796–1854) and Ann Margaret (born 1793)

Mrs. John Garden (Ann Garden, 1769–1842) and Her Children, John (1796–1854) and Ann Margaret (born 1793) (1796)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Irish Gentleman

Irish Gentleman

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Mrs. Abington

Mrs. Abington

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Major Thomas Pechell (1753–1826)

Major Thomas Pechell (1753–1826) (1799)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Henry Augustus Berkeley Craven and Keppel Richard Craven

Henry Augustus Berkeley Craven and Keppel Richard Craven (1800)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Susannah Edith, Lady Rowley

Susannah Edith, Lady Rowley (ca. 1785)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Portrait Of Emma Laura Whitbread, Later Lady Eversley (1798-1857), When A Child

Portrait Of Emma Laura Whitbread, Later Lady Eversley (1798-1857), When A Child

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John Granville

John Granville (between 1790 and 1795)

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The Little Gardener

The Little Gardener (between 1758 and 1800)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Mrs. Dottin

Mrs. Dottin (between 1803 and 1804)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Portrait Of Jane Frere, Lady Orde

Portrait Of Jane Frere, Lady Orde

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Portrait Of Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1704-1808)

Portrait Of Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1704-1808)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Portrait Of Charles Rose Ellis (1771-1845), 1 St Baron Seaford

Portrait Of Charles Rose Ellis (1771-1845), 1 St Baron Seaford

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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A Rocky Bank

A Rocky Bank

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Drawings
Study of a Massive Rock

Study of a Massive Rock

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Drawings
Study of a Seated Woman

Study of a Seated Woman

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Drawings
Study of a Seated Woman

Study of a Seated Woman (1778–1810)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Drawings
Stormy Landscape

Stormy Landscape (1789)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Drawings
Miss Frances Beresford

Miss Frances Beresford (c. 1784-1785)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Drawings
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