School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Sir Robert Ker Porter

Born: 1777, UK, England, Durham   Died: 1842, St Petersburg

Traveller, explorer and painter. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools, 1790-92. In 1799 he became a founder member of 'The Brothers', a group of artists who espoused history painting. He married a Russian princess and toured the Middle East between 1815 and 1819. He was appointed a British Consul in Venezuala where he lived from 1825 until 1841. He painted landscapes and figures, at home and on his travels, in both watercolour and oil

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Semi-nude woman] PR251 Prints




 
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