Artist: George Romney (1734 - 1802)
Nationality: English
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
George Romney was born in Lancashire, son of a cabinetmaker who trained under portrait artist, Christopher Steele. Before settling in London in 1762, he traveled from town to town, painting portraits for a living. He established a moderate reputation, but became even more successful after traveling through Italy to study Classical and Renaissance art. Romney wished to expand from portraiture into historical painting, a desire that was never fully achieved. This was partly because upon meeting Emma Hart in 1781, he became obsessed and painted many pictures of her afterwards. His career gradually declined and he returned to his native Kendal where he suffered from mental illness.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, George, First Marquis of Townshend, 1792
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. George Horsley (Charlotte Talbot, died 1828), ca. 1787 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas;
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, Madame de Genlis, circa 1792
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, David Scott, Esq., of Dunniald, 1780
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, William Sotherton, The Younger, of Darrington, 1788
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, Mirth (Sketch for Head of Comedy), circa 1788
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, Troilus & Cressida,act II, Scene II, 18th - 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
William Bond, George Romney, 18th - 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 30 x 24 3/4 in.
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, Portrait of a Gentleman (Colonel Thomas Thornton), 1780
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, Study of Witches Surrounding a Fallen Comrade, circa 1785
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Emilie Bertie Pott, 1781 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 29 3/4 x 24 7/8
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Benjamin Smith, Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy & Comedy, after George Romney, 18th - 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Lady Elizabeth Hamilton (1753-1797), Countess of Derby, 1776-78 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 50
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Self-portrait, probably 1795 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Portrait of Anne, Duchess of Cumberland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle (1727-1816) George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 30 x 24 5/8
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, Laban Cherchant Ses Idoles...sixty first plate in the book...Galerie lithographiČe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlČans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1, 18th - 19th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Romney, British, 1734-1802 Mrs. Billington as Saint Cecilia Oil on canvas 127.7 x 101.9
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George Romney - Mr. Forbes c. 1780-1790 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. Bryan Cooke (Frances Puleston, 1765-1818), ca. 1787-91 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 50
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George Romney - Sir William Hamilton 1783-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Mrs. Alexander Blair 1787-1789 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Mrs. Davies Davenport 1782-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Mrs. Andrew Reid c. 1780-88 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum English
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. Charles Frederick (Martha Rigden, died 1794) George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 29 3/4
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George Romney - Portrait of Lady Maitland c. 1785-98 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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George Romney - Colonel James Clitherow 1784 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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George Romney - Portrait of Richard Palmer 1787 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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George Romney - Lady Arabella Ward 1783-1788 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Mrs. Thomas Scott Jackson c. 1770-1773 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - A Portrait of Mrs. Beal Bonnell 1779-1780 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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George Romney - Miss Juliana Willoughby 1781-1783 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Lady Hamilton as 'Nature' 1782 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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George Romney - Portrait of Lady Willoughby de Broke 1779-1781 Oil on Canvas Arkansas Arts Center British
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George Romney - Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell 1790-1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Thomas Grove of Ferne, Wiltshire 1788 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Romney, British, 1734-1802 John Bensley Thornhill as a Boy 1784 Oil on canvas 186.7
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Romney, British, 1734-1802 Portrait of Two Girls (Misses Cumberland) Oil on canvas 73.7 x
Museum of Fine Arts -
Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 SS. Catherine and Agnes 1856-58 Graphite pencil and black chalk Sheet:

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Walker Art Gallery: George Romney 1734-1802: British art's forgotten genius
At the height of his career he was more fashionable than Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough as a society portraitist, but all his life he wanted to paint elevated historical and literary subjects. He lacked the confidence to carry out ma...
Tate Britian: Drawing Materials and Techniques: Works on Paper from the Oppe Collection 1700-1850
Rather than placing emphasis on the artist, or the subject and content of the drawings, the exhibition looks closely at the materials and techniques used to create them. Most works in the exhibition will be on display for t...
Getty Museum: A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists
Cultivating a complex public persona to promote her celebrity, Siddons collaborated with the greatest artists of her day to create images which celebrated her renowned majestic ...
Renishaw Hall: John Piper: England in the Mid Twentieth Century
John Piper was born in 1903, bought up and educated at Epsom, then a quiet country town, and the third son of a solicitor, who commuted daily to his office in Westminster. Charles Piper sympathised with his youngest son’s interest in the English...

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