1. Robert Ladbrooke was an English landscape painter who, along with John Crome, founded the Norwich School of painters.
18 Facts About Robert Ladbrooke
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Robert Ladbrooke was apprenticed when young to an artist and printer named White, and for some years worked as a journeyman printer.
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Robert Ladbrooke contributed fourteen works to its first exhibition in 1805.
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In 1808, when Crome became president, Robert Ladbrooke was elected as vice-president.
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Between 1804 and 1815 Robert Ladbrooke was an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy, and until 1822 he exhibited works at the British Institution.
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Robert Ladbrooke was a successful teacher, and was able to enjoy a long and comfortable retirement.
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Robert Ladbrooke painted chiefly of views of Norfolk scenery; but his reputation has never been more than local to this part of England.
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Robert Ladbrooke published aquatints of two of his pictures, A View of the Fellmongers on the River near Bishop's Bridge and A View of Norwich Castle.
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Robert Ladbrooke died at his house on Scoles' Green, Norwich, on 11 October 1842.
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Robert Ladbrooke had four sons, all of whom were artists to varying degrees, with Henry and John Berney Robert Ladbrooke achieving the most success.
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Robert Ladbrooke's second son Henry was born at Norwich on 20 April 1800.
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Robert Ladbrooke wished to enter the Church, but respected his father's wish for him to become a landscape painter.
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Robert Ladbrooke acquired a good reputation, especially for his moonlight scenes, and he exhibited occasionally at the British Institution and the Suffolk Street Gallery.
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John Berney Ladbrooke, Robert Ladbrooke's third son, was born in 1803.
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Robert Ladbrooke became a pupil of John Crome, who was his uncle by marriage, and whose manner he followed.
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John Berney Robert Ladbrooke excelled in the representation of woodland scenery.
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Robert Ladbrooke exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1821 and 1822, and frequently at the British Institution and the Suffolk Street Gallery up to 1873.
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Robert Ladbrooke died at Mousehold, Norwich, on 11 July 1879.