John Linnell

John Linnell
John Linnell, Public domain

(1792–1882) British artist (1792–1882)

John Linnell (United Kingdom, 1792–1882) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, John Linnell belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

John Linnell was born in Bloomsbury and died in Redhill. John Linnell trained at Royal Academy Schools. John Linnell studied under John Varley. John Linnell worked in London.

The works belong mainly to the genres portrait painting and landscape painting. The catalogue has 250 works by John Linnell with free images. The dated works span the years 1750–1889. Works by John Linnell are held by several collections, among them Yale Center for British Art, Tate, Harris Museum, and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include David Wilkie, John Martin, William Henry Hunt, Anne Hall, and Lucie Marie Ingemann.