George Romney was born on 15 December 1734 in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, the son of the cabinetmaker John Romney. He died on 15 November 1802 in Kendal, Westmorland.
At the end of the 18th century, Romney is considered a modern portrait painter; he had acquired a particularly high reputation within British society. In his works, the artist avoided delving into the characters of his models. This dispassionate flattery was the cornerstone of his particular success among his patrons in the upper class.
The line dominated the colourful in his depictions, with the light poses and flowing transitions underlining the smooth pattern of his compositions.
After first training steps in his father's workshop he became a student of the genre painter Christopher Steele. Following various trips to the northern counties of Great Britain, his career began with his first portraits.
In 1762, the painter went to London. Here he first gained success at the British Society of Arts with his painting "The Death of General Wolfe", afterwards he devoted himself almost exclusively to portrait painting.
In 1764 George Romney travelled to Paris, where he became friends with the painter Joseph Vernet. On the other hand, Romney particularly admired the works of Nicolas Le Sueur, inspired by antiquity.
Further studies led Romney to Italy in 1773 to study the works of Raffael and Tizian - afterwards his paintings were considered more mature, as evidenced by the grace and elegance of portraits such as "Mrs. Carwardine and Son"(1775) and "Sir Christopher and Lady Sykes"(1786).
George Romney was considered sensitive and introverted by nature. He stayed away from the Royal Academy and his colleagues, but instead made friends in intellectual literary and philosophical circles. Around 1781-1782 Romney met the lady Emma Hart, later to become Lady Hamilton. He was so fascinated by her that she became his muse and the means of his escape into an imaginary world full of idealism.
Romney portrayed his "divine Emma" more than 50 times, and the paintings create numerous associations ranging from the combative Joan of Arc to the vinous Bacchante.
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.jpg "Miss Juliana Willoughby, 1781-1783 by George Romney")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172527).jpg "The Stanhope Children by George Romney")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Ralph Cartwright, MP by George Romney")
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.jpg "Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky by George Romney")
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.jpg "Lady Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Derby by George Romney")
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.jpg "Miss Juliana Willoughby by George Romney")
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.jpg "Charging Figure with Shield by George Romney")
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.jpg "Prison Scene by George Romney")
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.jpg "Lady Standing by a Pillar by George Romney")
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.jpg "A Dissecting Scene by George Romney")
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.jpg "Demon Ruler and Subjects: The Miserable Effects of War on John Bull by George Romney")
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.jpg "Lear in the Storm, King Lear, Act III, Scene II by George Romney")
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.jpg "Portrait of the artist, bust length by George Romney")
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.jpg "Seated Woman: Possibly Mrs. Harris by George Romney")
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.jpg "A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante")
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.jpg "Exit Pursued by a Bear, or \"The Abandonment of Perdita\" from \"The Winter")
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.jpg "Satan Surprised at the Ear of Eve by George Romney")
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.jpg "Demonic Dances and Attack by George Romney")
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.jpg "MacBeth at the Witches Cave: Second Visit, or Canidia and the Youth, or The Opening of the Ark by George Romney")
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.jpg "Three Studies of a Standing Woman, Possibly Lady MacBeth by George Romney")
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.jpg "Figure Composition Study 5 by George Romney")
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.jpg "Figure Study 1 by George Romney")
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.jpg "Sketches of a Prostrate Woman by George Romney")
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.jpg "Two Sketches of Women and Children Fleeing and Standing Female Figure Playing Tambourine (detail) by George Romney")
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.jpg "The Spinner (engraved by Thomas Cheesman, after G. Romney, published by John and Josiah Boydell) by George Romney")
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.jpg "Possibly a Crowd before a Prophetess by George Romney")
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.jpg "Portrait of Catherine Chichester by George Romney")
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.jpg "Group Portrait of Dorothy Stables and Her Daughters, Harriet and Maria, Three-Quarter-Length by George Romney")
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.jpg "Anger, Envy, and Fear by George Romney")
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.jpg "Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope by George Romney")
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.jpg "Portrait of Thomas Paine by George Romney")
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.jpg "Richard Cumberland Frontispiece by George Romney")
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