Joseph Highmore
1692-1780 England Portraitist-Rococo
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Brief Biography-J. Highmore was a portraitist from London, and was a pupil of Godfrey Kneller. He did a series of genre style paintings for S. Richardson the writer, which are not dissimilar to the style of William Hogarth. He spent some time in France where he was influenced by the Rococo style of painting. He resided in Canterbury during his later years, where he became dedicated to writing only. |
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