Peter Wint

Background

De Wint was the son of an English physician of Dutch extraction who had come to England from New New York He was born in Stone, Staffordshire.

Education

He moved to London in 1802, and was apprenticed to John Raphael Smith, the mezzotint engraver and portrait painter.

Career

A number of his pictures are in the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Collection, Lincoln. He died in London. He bought his freedom from Smith in 1806, on condition that he supplied 18 oil paintings over the following two years. De Wint and Hilton lived together in Broad Street, Golden Square, where John Varley lived.

Varley gave De Wint lessons and introduced him to Doctor Monro, who ran an informal academy for young artists.

De Wint first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807, and the following year at the Gallery of Associated Artists in Watercolours. In 1809 entered the Royal Academy schools.

By that time, as an established drawing-master, he was spending his summers teaching well-to-do provincial families. De Wint"s life was devoted to art

He painted admirably in oils, and he ranks as one of the chief English watercolorists.

"Number artist", asserted Alfred William Rich, "ever came nearer painting a perfect picture than did Peter de Wint". He frequently visited his wife"s home city of Lincoln, and many of his panoramic landscapes and haymaking scenes are set in Lincolnshire. He occasionally toured in Wales, and in 1828 travelled to Normandy.

Membership

In 1812 he became a member of the Society of Painters in Watercolours, where he exhibited for many years, as well as at the Academy.

Connections

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Old Watercolour