Discover court painter, painter John Christian Schetky

Qualifications: court painter, painter

Nationality/school: Scottish, English
Schetky was descended from an old Hungarian-Transylvanian family, which, for political reasons, had emigrated to Leipzig at the beginning of the 16th century.

Born: Edinburgh 1778-08-11

Deceased: London (England) 1874-01-28

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Period of activity: 1793 - 1874

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Oxford (Engeland)
Marlow (Buckinghamshire) 1808
in 1808 he obtained a post in the Royal Military College at Great Marlow
Portsmouth (Engeland) 1811
and three years later he was appointed professor of drawing in the Royal Naval Collegein Portsmouth where he had ample opportunities for the study of his favourite marine subjects
Addiscombe 1836 - 1855
he held a similar professorship from 1836 to 1855 at the East India Company Military Seminary at Addiscombe
Londen (Engeland)

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Nasmyth, Alexander

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: coastal view, landscape (genre), marine (genre)
he was marine painter to George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria

Member of

Royal Academy of Arts (Londen)
from 1805 to 1872 Schetky contributed periodically to the Royal Academy summer exhibitions

Literature

Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 428
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 9, p. 365
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 276

D. Adshead, 'Brotherhood of the sea. J.C. Schetky and the 4th Earl of Hardwicke', The National Trust Annual (2009), p. 60-66

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Project: Gerson Digital : United Kingdom (Nachwirkung)

External links: Grove Art Online

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Creation date: 1992-01-25; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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