Description: The National Gallery of Ireland will be presenting an exhibition of work by the artist Hugh Douglas Hamilton.
Hamilton was born in Dublin, Ireland around 1724, where he would study art under Robert West at the Dublin Society House concentrating in crayon and pastels in his early career
His exquisitely delicate portrait ovals in pastel made his name in Dublin. Hamilton later moved to London. Hamilton was often overwhelmed with orders, including his portraits of the British royal family such as Queen Charlotte (1746) and others now featured in the British Royal Collection.
Being ambitious, Hamilton travelled to Italy where he made portraits of wealthy English and Irish travellers.
During his years in Italy he cultivated lasting friendships with prominent artists in Rome including the sculptor Antonio Canova. It was during this period in Italy that Hamilton began to paint in oils and his work became bolder in style and scale.
This exhibition celebrates his long and varied career with works drawn from the Gallery's collection together with loans from public and private collections, featuring full length portraits, magnificent allegorical paintings, albums, prints, and his trademark oval pastel portraits.
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