Robert Ker Porter
(1777–1842) skotsk forskningsresande, konsul och konstnär
Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Robert Ker Porter belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Robert Ker Porter was born in Durham and died in Saint Petersburg. Robert Ker Porter trained at Durham School and Royal Academy of Arts. Robert Ker Porter studied under William Frederick Wells. The awards include Knight Commander of the Royal Order of the Welfs and Officer of the Order of the Lion and the Sun.
The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and landscape painting. The catalogue has 14 works by Robert Ker Porter with free images. The dated works span the years 1799–1832. Works by Robert Ker Porter are held by several collections, among them Yale Center for British Art, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, and Prints in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Józef Oleszkiewicz, Auguste de Forbin, Thomas Christopher Hofland, Alessandro Sanquirico, and Fleury François Richard.