Francis Barlow (artist)
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Life
Barlow's first major work was the illustration (via 12 plates) of Edward Benlowe's Theophila (1652). He published and illustrated an edition of Aesop's FablesAesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
in 1666 and also illustrated Aesopic's (or Aesopics, 1668), another edition of the fables, and an augmented 1687 edition of his earlier work, whereupon he may have given up work on illustration.
From around 1653, Barlow worked in London as a painter of animals, birds, and country life. His work can be seen at Ham House and Clandon Park
Clandon Park
Clandon Park is an 18th century Palladian mansion in West Clandon just outside Guildford, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. It has been a National Trust property since 1956....
. In terms of composition, his paintings are weak, tending to be filled with the animals and so forth that he depicts. However, most of the elements of his paintings are very well observed.
Barlow is thought to have died in poverty, and the date of his death is unknown; he was buried on 11 August 1704.
Sources
- Hodnett, Edward. Francis Barlow: first master of English book illustration. London: Scolar, 1978. ISBN 0-85967-350-2. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. ISBN 0-520-93409-0.
- Jeffree, Richard. "Francis Barlow." The Dictionary of ArtGrove Dictionary of ArtGrove Art Online, formerly The Dictionary of Art but usually known as The Grove Dictionary of Art, is a large encyclopedia of art, now part of the online reference publications of Oxford University Press, and previously a 34-volume printed encyclopedia when last published on paper in 1996...
. London: Macmillan; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996. ISBN 1-884446-00-0
External links
- Paintings by Francis Barlow in the collection of the Tate GalleryTate GalleryThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...