Climbing the Royal Academy ladder

Taylor discusses the portraits of artists by John Francis Rigaud as "a mark of friendship." Rigaud preferred to think of himself as a history painter who looked down upon the lowly status of portraiture, but he nevertheless relied on portraiture to advance his standing in the 18th-century...

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Published inThe British art journal Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 65
Main Author Taylor, Lyrica
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Art Journals Ltd 01.04.2022
Subjects
British culture
Friendship
Painters
Portraits
Rigaud, John Francis
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Summary:Taylor discusses the portraits of artists by John Francis Rigaud as "a mark of friendship." Rigaud preferred to think of himself as a history painter who looked down upon the lowly status of portraiture, but he nevertheless relied on portraiture to advance his standing in the 18th-century London art world. Specifically, he utilized gifts of portraits he created of fellow-artists to help advance his career, including his election at the Royal Academy as Associate Royal Academician and later as Royal Academician. Rigaud described these portrait gifts in his memoir, Facts and Recollections of the XVIIIth Century in a Memoir of John Francis Rigaud Esq., R.A.
ISSN:1467-2006