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Opie, John
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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English artist, born near Truro, Cornwall; began to learn his father's trade of carpenter, but turning to art went with Dr. Wolcott to London in 1780; for a year he had phenomenal success as a portrait-painter; on the wane of his popularity he turned to scriptural and historical painting and to illustration; after being Associate for a year he was elected Academician in 1787; besides some lectures on art, he wrote a Life of Reynolds and other works (1761-1807).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Opie, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/o/opie-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Opie, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/o/opie-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
