Nathaniel Grogan
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Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
from Cork
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
.
Career
Grogan who initially trained with local painter, John ButtsJohn Butts
John Butts, who was born and educated in Cork, Ireland, spent most of his life in Dublin. He painted landscapes somewhat in the style of Claude Lorrain: he also practised as a scene-painter. He died in 1764....
, noted Dutch
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
painters such as Hobbema
Meindert Hobbema
Meindert Hobbema , was a landscape painter of the Dutch school.-Life:The facts of his life are somewhat obscure. His chronology and signed pictures substantially contradict each other...
and Heemskerck as his key influences. He began life as an apprentice to his father, a turner and block maker, but had a love for the arts and taught himself to draw. At his fathers request, he enlisted in the British army
British Army
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and served in America
United States
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during the War of Independence. Little, if any, is known of the paintings he produced in the new world. Grogan went on to produce numerous oil and watercolour paintings depicting landscape and genre scenes of his native Cork. His son also became a painter, achieving some success. His 1780 painting, View of Cork, is considered an important record of the city's history.