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James Barenger (1780 – 1831) was an English animal painter and illustrator. ==Life== Barenger was born in Kentish Town, London, the son of James Barenger Snr., a metal chaser and artist who exhibited paintings of insects at the Society of Artists and Royal Academy, and Sarah Woollett, the daughter of the engraver, William Woollett.〔 Sir Walter Gilbey, F. Babbage, ''(Animal painters of England from the year 1650, Volume 1 - Alken to Gooch )'' (London: Vinton & Co., 1900) pp. 34-39.〕 His brother Samuel (christened Major Samuel Barenger) also became an engraver.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=133370 )〕 Beginning as a landscape artist, Barenger went on to specialse in painting horses, dogs and other animals, and hunting scenes. In 1807, at the age of 28, he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time. At this stage he was living with his father in Kentish Town, but later moved to Camden Town. He went on to exhibit 48 paintings at the Royal Academy and eight at the British Institution.〔 He acquired numerous wealthy and aristocratic patrons, and his pictures were also engraved for sporting publications such as W. H. Scott's ''British Field Sports'',〔William Henry Scott. ''(British field sports )'' (London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 2nd ed., 1820).〕 ''The Sporting Repository'',〔(The Sporting Repository ) (1822 - reprinted by London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1904).〕 ''The Annals of Sporting'' and ''The Sporting Magazine''. For the last of these, Scott engraved Barenger's painting of the racehorse Blucher (''ca.'' 1814).〔''The Sporting Magazine'', October 1816, p. 1〕 As well as painting, Barenger also bred pointer dogs.〔 He died on 1 October 1831 and was buried in Old St Pancras churchyard.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Barenger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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