Artist Ramsay Richard Reinagle

Ramsay Richard Reinagle (19 March 1775 – 17 November 1862, Chelsea) was an English landscape, portrait and animal painter. Academician of painting (since 1823).
He came from a dynasty that gave the world twelve artists. Ramsay Richard Reinagle received his first painting lessons from his father, the famous British court artist Philip Reinagle, whose style he followed. He first exhibited his works at the Royal Academy of Arts at the age of thirteen in 1788.

In 1796 he went to Italy, where he studied in Rome. He subsequently traveled to Holland to study paintings by the masters of Dutch painting.
After returning to his homeland, he collaborated for some time with Robert Barker in creating large panoramic paintings with a circular view.
In 1806, R. Reinagle was elected a member of the British Society of Painters in Water Colours. From 1808 to 1812, he was the President of the Society.

Between 1806 and 1812, he presented 67 of his works at exhibitions, mainly landscapes with views of Italy and English lakes. At the same time, he exhibited portraits and landscapes at the Royal Academy, of which he became an associate member in 1814. Member of the Academy since 1823.
R. Reinagle was a skilled businessman, often slightly correcting and embellishing paintings by old masters, passing them off as his own works.

For which his diploma of the Royal Academician of Painting was declared invalid.
He died in Chelsea on November 17, 1862. His youngest son, George Philip Reinagle, was also an artist.








