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Philip James de Loutherbourg, RA (born Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg; 31 October 1740 – 11 March 1812) was a French-born British painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon".
The Battle of the Nile is an 1800 history painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. It depicts the Battle of the Nile on the 1 August 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars. [1] The battle, fought in Aboukir Bay near the Nile Delta, was a major victory for Britain's Royal Navy under Horatio Nelson over the ...
A small exhibition on the Eidophusikon and the work of Philip James de Loutherbourg was held at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California in 2006. The exhibit featured a working example of an Eidophusikon with docents working the levers. In 2006, an Eidophusikon was created by Robert Poulter for the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco ...
Landscape with Figures and Animals is a 1763 landscape painting by the French artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. [1] It was the first painting the young Alsatian artist publicly exhibited. He submitted it to the Salon of 1763 at the Louvre in Paris where the art critic Denis Diderot's praise of it helped launch his career. [2]
Philip James de Loutherbourg is a portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough of the French-born painter and set designer Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg. [ 1 ] Born in Strasbourg , Loutherbourg settled in London in 1770 and became noted for his set designs at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane as well as his landscape paintings ...
Coalbrookdale by Night is an oil painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg, from 1801. It is held at the Science Museum, in London. [1] History and description.
The Battle of Camperdown is a 1799 history painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. [1] It depicts the naval Battle of Camperdown fought on 11 February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars. [2] The battle ended in a victory for the British Royal Navy over a Dutch fleet allied to Britain's enemy France.
An Avalanche in the Alps is an 1803 landscape painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. [1] Painted in the emerging style of romanticism it depicts an avalanche in the mountains of the Alps. [2] Loutherbourg adds narrative to the painting by having tiny figures in the foreground recoiling from the impending ...