Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y.
(1740–1812) Franco-British painter of Swiss descent (1740–1812), born in Alsace region
Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. (Switzerland, 1740–1812) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. was born in Strasbourg and died in Chiswick. Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. trained at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The teachers included Francesco Giuseppe Casanova and Johann Georg Wille. Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. worked in England and France. Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. became a member of Royal Academy of Arts.
The best-known works include ‘An Avalanche in the Alps’, ‘Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June’, ‘Coalbrookdale by Night’, and ‘Moonlight’. The catalogue has 185 works by Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. with free images. The dated works span the years 1750–2000. Works by Philippe-Jacques Loutherbourg d.y. are held by several collections, among them Yale Center for British Art, Welsh Landscape Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Anton Graff, Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Manuel Bayeu, and William Marlow.