Gallery of the Masters 
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
1740-1812 France/Rococo
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Brief Biography-Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg was from Strasbourg. He was a stage designer and illustrator who worked in France and England. One of his teachers was Carle van Loo. Nicolaes Berchem and Francois Boucher inspired him; Claude Joseph Vernet and Salvator Rosa also influenced some of his works. He worked as a stage designer in the Drury Lane Theatre for fourteen years in London. Most of his paintings were landscapes and maritime scenes. In 1766, He became a member of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. His work was noted chiefly for sea storms and sea battles. He died in England in 1812. |
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landscape with
animals
self portrait
the battle
of alexandria
the battle
of camperdown
The great fire
of london
the rainbow
the victory of
lord howe
defeat of the
spanish armada
landscape with
castle of harlech
rocky coastal
landscape in a storm
shepherd and
shepherdess dancing
travellers at a well
visitor to a moonlit
churchyard
wintermo
a battle
a deluge in the
swiss mountains
a marine at sunset
a storm at the
sight of a port
a sunset on a lake
with a herd
a thunderstorm on
lake windermere
agar watching
his son drink
avalanche in
the alps
bandits attacking
travellers
belle isle windermere
in a calm
coalbrookdale
by night
landscape with
a waterfall
landscape with
cascade herd
landscape with
two shepherds
naval combat or a
maltese ship attacked
navy in
the moonlight
richard lionheart
in the battle
robbers attacking
travellers
seascape
shipwreck
sinking in a
great storm
the aqueduct of
a mine of coal
the falls of the
rhine at schaffhausen
the flood
the opening of
the second seal
the small dairy or
milk stolen cup
tintern abbey on
the river wye
