Henry Raeburn

(1756–1823) skotsk målare och porträttmålare

Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Henry Raeburn belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.

Henry Raeburn was born in Stockbridge and died in Edinburgh. Henry Raeburn trained at George Heriot's School. Henry Raeburn worked in Edinburgh, London, and Rome. Wikidata associates Henry Raeburn with Romanticism. Henry Raeburn became a member of Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Edinburgh Cape Club. The awards include Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Knight Bachelor.

The best-known works include ‘E. Finley, Esquire’ and ‘The Skating Minister’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 250 works by Henry Raeburn with free images. The dated works span the years 1756–1900. Works by Henry Raeburn are held by several collections, among them National Galleries Scotland, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Tate. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jean-Baptiste Frederic Desmarais, Joseph Chinard, Jacob van Strij, James Gillray, and Louis-François Cassas.

• Neoclassicism
• The Skating Minister
• Portrait of Sir Walter Scott