Watercolour by Jacques de Loutherbourg

"Fishers on a Stormy Shore" watercolour by Jacques Philippe de Loutherbourg c1800.

Jacques Philippe de Loutherbourg was born in Strasbourg in 1740, dying in  Chiswick in 1812. He was a painter, watercolourist and draughtsman, depicting landscapes, seascapes, genre scenes and historical subjects. He was the son and pupil of the miniaturist Jacques Phillipe de Loutherburg, also of Tischbein and Casanova. He accompanied his father to Paris and soon gained a reputation both as an animal and a landscape painter. He had considerable success, and  when Fessard wanted to engrave his magnificent edition of La Fontaine’s Fables intended for the children of the Dauphin, it was de Loutherburg who was commissioned to draw the animals. In 1768 he was made a Member of the Académie Royale, and later the King’s (Louis XVI) Painter. In 1771, he left France and settled in London, was commissioned to provide the drawings for the stage decorations at the Drury Lane Theatre. In 1780 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy and a full Member in 1781.

His work is represented in the collections of the museums of Amiens, Angers, Bordeaux, Stockholm, Bristol, Budapest, Paris, Darmstadt, Dublin, Edinburgh, the Tate Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Victoria and Albert amongst many others.

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