Hubert Gravelot | French painter and engraver | Britannica (original) (raw)

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influence on Highmore

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  In Joseph Highmore
  …such as Philippe Mercier and Hubert Gravelot, who were established in London during the 1730s and 1740s. But their influence is traceable less in Highmore’s portraits than in his genre illustrations. In 1744 he painted a series of 12 illustrations for Samuel Richardson’s novel Pamela, which suggest comparison with William…
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relationship to Gainsborough

• In Thomas Gainsborough: Early life and Suffolk period
  …worked as an assistant to Hubert Gravelot, a French painter and engraver and an important figure in London art circles at the time. From him Gainsborough learned something of the French Rococo idiom, which had a considerable influence on the development of his style. In 1746 in London he married…
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