Francis Bourgeois

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Francis Bourgeois was an 18th-century British landscape painter and art collector who became court painter to King George III and bequeathed his collection to form the core of Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
art collector
human
painter
associatedWith Dulwich College
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Royal Academy of Arts
bequeathedTo Dulwich College
bequestFormedCoreOf Dulwich Picture Gallery collection
birthName Peter Francis Bourgeois
burialPlace Mausoleum at Dulwich College
centuryOfActivity 18th century
19th century
coBuriedWith Margaret Desenfans
Noel Desenfans
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1753-11-11
dateOfDeath 1811-01-08
educatedAt Royal Academy Schools
employer King George III
familyName Bourgeois
fieldOfWork landscape painting
gender male
genre landscape art
givenName Francis
honorificTitle Royal Academician
influencedBy Claude Lorrain
Nicolas Poussin
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts
movement 18th-century British art
name Francis Bourgeois
nationality British
notableFor British landscape painting
art collection bequeathed to Dulwich College
notableWork landscape paintings after Claude Lorrain
landscape paintings after Nicolas Poussin
occupation Royal Academician
art collector
painter
patron King George III
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England
positionHeld court painter to King George III
landscape painter to King George III
residence London
linked to: London, England

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Dulwich Picture Gallery foundedBy Francis Bourgeois
Noel Desenfans partnerInBusinessWith Francis Bourgeois
Noel Desenfans closeAssociate Francis Bourgeois
Francis Bourgeois name Francis Bourgeois