Francis Danby

1793–1861 · Ireland

Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) 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. Wikipedia

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Works

“Disappointed Love”, 1821 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Sunset at Sea after a Storm”, 1824 — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
“The Enchanted Castle”, 1841 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“View of the Avon Gorge”, 1822 — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
“The Wood Nymph’s Hymn to the Rising Sun”, 1845 — Tate
“Children by a Brook”, 1822 — Tate
“Liensfiord, Norway: Calm”, 1835 — Tate
“The Deluge”, 1840s — Tate
“The Opening of the Sixth Seal”, 1828 — National Gallery of Ireland
“Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany”, 1838 — Yale Center for British Art
“A Scene in Leigh Woods”, 1822 — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
“The Opening of the Sixth Seal”, 1825 — Victoria Art Gallery
“The Delivery of Israel out of Egypt”, 1825 — Harris Museum
“Sunset”, 1827 — York Art Gallery
“Liensfiord”, 1835 — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
“Liensfiord Lake, Norway”, 1841 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Shore Scene with Breakwater and Hulk at Low Tide”, 1855 — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
“Sunset through Trees”, 1855 — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
“Dead Calm, Sunset at the Bight of Exmouth”, 1855 — Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
“View of a Norwegian Lake Before the Sun has Dissipated the Early Morning Mist”, 1833 — Fitzwilliam Museum