Robert Alexander Hillingford Figurative Paintings
British, 1828-1904
Robert Alexander Hillingford was an English painter. He specialized in historical pictures, often battle scenes. He was born on January 28, 1828, in London. Hillingford studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf for five years beginning in 1841.
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Artist: Robert Alexander Hillingford
Arrest of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette at Varennes - 19th Century Oil Painting
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Arrest of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at Varennes’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts the King and Queen of France’s failed attempt to...
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Othello & Desdemona - 19th Century Oil Painting of Shakespeare Play Venice Italy
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Othello recounting his adventures to Desdemona and Brabantio’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts Shakespeare’s Venetian general, his lover D...
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Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette - 19th Century French Revolution Oil Painting
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Arrest of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at Varennes’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts the King and Queen of France’s failed attempt to...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Robert Alexander Hillingford Figurative Paintings
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Othello & Desdemona - 19th Century Oil Painting of Shakespeare Play Venice Italy
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Othello recounting his adventures to Desdemona and Brabantio’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts Shakespeare’s Venetian general, his lover Desdemona, and her senator father – is signed by the artist and hangs in a newly commissioned bespoke gold metal leaf frame...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Robert Alexander Hillingford Figurative Paintings
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Large scale 19th Century historical genre oil painting of a group of musicians
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Robert Alexander Hillingford
British, (1828-1904)
The Duke’s Musicians – A Reminiscence of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 40 inches x 59 inches
Size including frame: 47.5 inches x 66.5 inches
Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883, no. 844
Exhibited at the Yorkshire Institute
A large-scale Royal Academy painting...
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19th Century Victorian Robert Alexander Hillingford Figurative Paintings
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Size including frame: 23.75 inches x 29.75 inches
Robert Alexander Hillingford was born in London on 28 January, 1828. In 1841, he moved to Germany to study at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. After 5 years of studying he travelled to Italy visiting Rome, Naples and Florence where he met and married his wife Ciara. During this time, he produced paintings of Italian life and one of these ‘The Last Evening of the Carnival’ was exhibited at St. Petersburg in 1859.
In 1864, he returned to London where he began to specialise in historical subjects often including battle scenes. He also produced a number of theatrical scenes and contemporary paintings of the Boer War. He lived in Kensington and later at Rowan Road, Hammersmith.
Hillingford made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1866 exhibiting there regularly throughout his career. He also exhibited at the British Institution, Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, Glasgow Institute, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Arthur Tooth Gallery. He was known for his close attention to accuracy in details of dress and had a collection of original uniforms. He was Vice President of the Kernoozers Club an organisation for collectors of objets d’art and militaria. He died in Fulham in 1904.
This scene captures the moment when Louis XVIII’s troops rallied with Napoleon at Laffrey near Grenoble, following his escape from the island of Elba. Napoleon is seated on his white horse, Marengo in the centre right of the painting with his guards remaining behind him to the far right, their rifles lowered. He is shown opening his coat to a group of Bourbon soldiers on the left, who lay down their arms and take off their Shako helmets to welcome him.
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