Jacob More
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Jacob More was a British landscape
painter.
By 1773 More had settled in Italy, and spent the rest of his life there; but he exhibited Italian landscapes at the Royal Academy in London in the 1780s. In 1787 he was visited by Goethe, who considered his work 'admirably thought out'. He moved to Rome
in 1791. In Italy
he rivalled Jacob Philipp Hackert
; and he befriended Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)
. In Rome he enjoyed a high reputation, and was commissioned to design a garden for the Villa Borghese in the British landscape style.
, which also owns his painting "The Falls of Clyde (Corra Linn)", a painting that was previously owned by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
painter.
Biography
Jacob More was born in Edinburgh. He studied landscape and decorative painting with James Norie's firm. He took the paintings of Gaspard Dughet and Claude Lorrain as his models.By 1773 More had settled in Italy, and spent the rest of his life there; but he exhibited Italian landscapes at the Royal Academy in London in the 1780s. In 1787 he was visited by Goethe, who considered his work 'admirably thought out'. He moved to Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in 1791. In Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
he rivalled Jacob Philipp Hackert
Jacob Philipp Hackert
Jacob Philipp Hackert was a landscape painter from Brandenburg, who did most of his work in Italy....
; and he befriended Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)
Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)
Allan Ramsay was a Scottish portrait-painter.-Life and career:Allan Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest son of Allan Ramsay, poet and author of The Gentle Shepherd....
. In Rome he enjoyed a high reputation, and was commissioned to design a garden for the Villa Borghese in the British landscape style.
Paintings on view in Britain
His painting "Mount Vesuvius in Eruption: The Last Days of Pompeii" painted in 1780 hangs in the National Gallery of ScotlandNational Gallery of Scotland
The National Gallery of Scotland, in Edinburgh, is the national art gallery of Scotland. An elaborate neoclassical edifice, it stands on The Mound, between the two sections of Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens...
, which also owns his painting "The Falls of Clyde (Corra Linn)", a painting that was previously owned by Sir Joshua Reynolds.