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ID: 500115449 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115449			Record Type: Person

Flaxman, John (English sculptor, draftsman, and designer, 1755-1826)

Note: Important Neoclassical artist famous for his drawings with their emphasis on line, especially his illustrations for Homer, Dante, Aeschylus, and Hesiod. Flaxman is also famous for his many sculptural monuments, some beautifully done in low relief. British sculptor. Comment on works: Sculptor

Names:
	Flaxman, John (preferred,V,index)
	John Flaxman (V,display)
	Flaxman (LU,U)
	Flaxman junior (LU,U)

Nationalities:
	British (modern) (preferred)
	English

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	designer
	sculptor
	draftsman
	illustrator
	teacher

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: York (York, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place) Died: London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Events:

	active:		1787 - 1794 Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)
	active:		England (United Kingdom) (country)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

employee of ....	Wedgwood, Josiah designer for Josiah Wedgwood, 1775-1787; director of Wedgwood studio in Rome, 1787-1794
....................	(English ceramicist, 1730-1795) [500062605]

patron was ....	Pitt, Thomas, 1st Baron Camelford
..................	(English architect, 1737-1793) [500017946]

spouse of ....	Flaxman, Ann
................	(British, died 1820) [500082070]

teacher of ....	Baily, Edward Hodges
..................	(English sculptor, 1788-1867) [500050664]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Flaxman, John (I)

Biographies:

(English sculptor, draftsman, and designer, 1755-1826) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British sculptor, designer, 1755-1826) ..... [BHA]
(British sculptor, 1755-1826) ..... [GRLPA]
(British artist, 1755-1826) ..... [WCP]
(British artist, 1755-1826) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, 1755-1826) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British sculptor, 1755-1826) ..... [AVERY]
(British artist, 1755-1826) ..... [PROV]
(English sculptor, 1755-1826) ..... [Grove Art]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Flaxman ........	[PROV]
.................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Flaxman, John ........	[AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
............................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
............................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
............................	Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 181
............................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
............................	RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
............................	Witt Library, Authority files

Flaxman junior ........	[PROV]
.............................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

John Flaxman ........	[PROV, VP]
..........................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..........................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........	[AVERY, BHA, Gallery Systems, GRLPA, Grove Art, PROV, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................	Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
....................	DNB: Oxford National Biography, 1912-1921 (1927)
....................	Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n50004058
....................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n50004058
....................	Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 182; 181
....................	RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................	Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................	ULAN on the Web, June 29, 1999
....................	Witt Library, Authority files


Note:
English	..........	[AVERY, PROV, VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
	..........	ULAN on the Web, June 29, 1999

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