Robert Home
Robert Home(1752–1834) was aBritishoil portrait painterwho travelled to theIndian subcontinentin 1791. During his travels he also painted historic scenes and landscapes.
Life and work
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Born inHullin the United Kingdom as the son of an eminent army surgeon fromGreenlawinBerwickshire,[1]He trained with Angelica Kauffman, who lodged with his family in London in 1766, and then at theRoyal Academy Schoolsin 1769.[2]He went to Rome in 1773 for further training and remained in Italy until 1777.[2]From 1783 to 1789 he worked in Dublin and London before leaving for India in 1790. On 5 February 1791, Home was allowed to followLord Cornwallis'army in theThird Anglo-Mysore Waras it moved towardsBangalore.[1]
Home painted some of his well-known paintings such asThe Hostage Princes leaving home with the Vakil, Ghulam AliandLord Cornwallis Receiving Tipu Sahib's Sonswhile he was in South India. In November 1792, Home came into contact with artistsThomas DaniellandWilliam Daniellwho inspired him to continue painting landscapes. He visitedMahabalipuramin January/February 1793 and the two paintings he painted as a result, titledRuins of Mahabalipuramare now in the collection ofThe Asiatic Society,Kolkata.
In 1795 Home arrived in Calcutta (Kolkata) and continued his work there as an established artist. He was for some time Secretary of the Society and the first Library-in-Charge (1804), and donated his small but valuable art collection. In 1814 he moved toLucknowand became acourt painterof NawabGhazi-ud-Din Haider(1769–1827). In 1827, he travelled toKanpur,where he died in 1834.
HisSelect Views in Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultanwere published in London and Madras in 1794, and in Calcutta he made 215 watercolours of Indian mammals, birds and reptiles, some of which he also worked up as oils.
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