Richard Westall RA (geboren am 2. Januar 1765 in Reepham bei Norwich; gestorben am 4. Dezember 1836) war ein englischer Maler und Illustrator, der sich insbesondere durch Portr\u00e4ts sowie durch Darstellungen historischer und literarischer Szenen einen Namen machte. Besonders bekannt wurde er f\u00fcr seine Portr\u00e4ts des Dichters Lord Byron. Zudem war er Zeichenlehrer der jungen K\u00f6nigin Victoria.<\/p>\n
Westall war der erfolgreichere von zwei Halbbr\u00fcdern, die beide als Maler t\u00e4tig waren. Sein j\u00fcngerer Halbbruder war William Westall (1781\u20131850), ein weitgereister Landschaftsmaler. Beide waren S\u00f6hne von Benjamin Westall aus Norwich.<\/p>\n
Nach dem fr\u00fchen Tod seiner Mutter und dem Bankrott seines Vaters zog Richard Westall 1772 nach London. Dort begann er 1779 eine Lehre als Graveur f\u00fcr heraldischen Silberschmuck. In dieser Zeit wurde er vom Maler John Alefounder ermutigt, sich ganz der Malerei zu widmen. Ab dem 10. Dezember 1785 studierte er an der Royal Academy School of Arts. Bereits ab 1784 stellte er regelm\u00e4\u00dfig in der Royal Academy aus. 1792 wurde er zum assoziierten Mitglied (Associate) gew\u00e4hlt, 1794 schlie\u00dflich zum vollwertigen Akademiemitglied (Royal Academician).<\/p>\n
Zwischen 1790 und 1795 lebte er gemeinsam mit dem Maler Thomas Lawrence \u2013 dem sp\u00e4teren Pr\u00e4sidenten der Royal Academy \u2013 in einem Haus in der Greek Street Nr. 57, Ecke Soho Square. Jeder der beiden K\u00fcnstler hatte dort seinen eigenen Eingang mit Namensschild.<\/p>\n
Westalls Werke, von denen viele in Aquarell ausgef\u00fchrt wurden, fanden vor allem gegen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts gro\u00dfe Beachtung. Sein wichtigster F\u00f6rderer, der Kunstkenner Richard Payne Knight, sch\u00e4tzte ihn als herausragenden Vertreter der \u201epittoresken\u201c Darstellungsweise. Im neoklassizistischen Stil schuf er Werke f\u00fcr John Boydells Shakespeare Gallery sowie f\u00fcr Henry Fuselis Milton Gallery. Sein Gem\u00e4lde von John Milton mit seinen T\u00f6chtern befindet sich heute im Sir John Soane’s Museum in London. Zudem befinden sich mehrere Werke von ihm, die Szenen aus dem Leben Horatio Nelsons zeigen, im National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.<\/p>\n
Richard Westall war eine zentrale Figur der britischen Kunstszene seiner Zeit und verband in seinem Schaffen klassizistische Eleganz mit literarischer Erz\u00e4hlfreude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Richard Westall (1765-1836)
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