- Robert Smirke, after a painting by Mary Smirke, painted by Charles Picart, 1814. Robert Smirke RA (15 April 1753 – 5 January 1845)...
- Second son of Robert Smirke R.A., the painter, and brother of Sydney Smirke R.A.
- “Smirke, Robert (1753–1845), painter and illustrator.” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Painter and illustrator A painter of humorous and sentimental subjects, Robert Smirke became a student of the Royal Academy, London, at the age of nineteen.
- English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature (1753-1845).
- 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', Act I, Scene 1, Anne Page Inviting Master Slender to Dinner Robert Smirke (1753–1845).
- Robert Smirke was born in Wigton, Carlisle. He was brought to London by his father in 1766 and apprenticed to a coach painter named Bromley.
- SMIRKE, ROBERT (1752–1845), painter, the son of a clever but eccentric travelling artist, was born at Wigton, near Carlisle, in 1752.
- Marble portrait bust of Sir Robert Smirke (1781-1867) by Thomas Campbell (1790-1858), slightly to left, wearing a robe in the classical style, attached to a polished...
Robert Smirke
Genel bilgiler
Robert Smirk (1 Ekim 1780, Londra - 18 Nisan 1867, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) - İngiliz mimar, «Yunan Rönesansı» hareketinin temsilcisi — sanattaki trendlerden biri 18. yüzyılın ikinci yarısının — 19. yüzyılın başlarındaki Batı Avrupa neoklasizmi.
Smork'un en ünlü eserleri arasında, kendisi tarafından 1823-1831'de inşa edilen, bir sütun dizisi ve İon düzeninde sekiz sütunlu bir portiko ile Londra'daki British Museum binası yer alır.
Mimar ayrıca başkentin dışında Gloucester, Hereford, Bristol'da çalıştı. Robert Smork, yeni teknolojileri ve malzemeleri cesurca uygulamasıyla da tanınır: beton, demir, dökme demir, bunları klasik formlarla ve sipariş dekorasyonuyla birleştirir.