Francis Danby, Panorama of the Coast at Sunset

Francis Danby

British · 1793–1861 · Painter

Francis Danby was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative… (Wikipedia)

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  1. LAKE WITH ISLANDWhyte's · €2,900≈ $3,071≈ £2,474Sign up to see
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Francis Danby was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the central figure in a group of artists who have come to be known as the Bristol School. His period of greatest success was in London in the 1820s.

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Born 1793, County WexfordDied 1861, ExmouthOccupation PainterWikidata Q709816 ↗ULAN 500024662 ↗Museum works 14

Also known as A. R. A. F. Danby, Danby, F. Danby, fr. danby, Frank Danby, R. A. Danby

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Francis Danby, Panorama of the Coast at Sunset
Panorama of the Coast at Sunsetc. 1813 · brown wash with white heightening on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Diane Allen Nixon — Open Access …
Francis Danby, Saint Vincent's Rocks and the Avon Gorge
Saint Vincent's Rocks and the Avon Gorge1815/1818 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift (Partial and Promised) of Mimi and …
Francis Danby, Three Women Seated by a Wooded Lake
Three Women Seated by a Wooded Lakec. 1826 · watercolor and graphite
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mimi and Sanford Feld — Open Acc…
Francis Danby, Scenery of Bristol
Scenery of Bristol1823 · complete folio of three lithographs on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)
Francis Danby, The Deluge
The Deluge1840
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate
Francis Danby, Untitled
Untitled1826
Department of Paintings of the Louvre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Department of Paintings of the Louvre
Francis Danby, Burning of an Old Boat
Burning of an Old Boat1855
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Francis Danby, The three sisters of Phaethon weeping over the ...
The three sisters of Phaethon weeping over the ...1845
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales
Francis Danby, Hampstead Heath, Sunset
Hampstead Heath, Sunset1845
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Francis Danby, The Mountain Torrent
The Mountain Torrent1825
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Francis Danby, The Painter's Holiday
The Painter's Holiday1844
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Francis Danby, The Avon Gorge
The Avon Gorge1816
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Francis Danby, View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity
View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity1823 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…
Francis Danby, Figures in a Landscape
Figures in a Landscapec. 1813–61 · brush and brown ink with white heightening
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Robinson in memory of…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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