Agostino Brunias, ca. (1730–1796)

• Was an Italian painter who was primarily active in the West Indies.
• Born in Rome around 1730.
• Brunias spent his early career as a painter after graduating from the Accademia di San Luca.
• After he befriended prominent Scottish architect Robert Adam and accompanied him back to Britain, Brunias left for the British West Indies.
• Brunias worked as a draughtsman and painter on many of Adam's building projects in Britain. Adam, praising his works, called Brunias a "bred painter".
• At the end of 1764, Brunias left London for the British West Indies under the employ of Sir William Young.
• Brunias spent most of his West Indian career on the island of Dominica, where he would die in 1796.
• Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture was a prominent admirer of his work.

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