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John Hoppner (1758 - 1810)

• Was an English portrait painter.
• Hoppner achieved fame as a brilliant colourist.
• Hoppner became a chorister at the royal chapel, but, showing strong inclination for art, in 1775 he entered the Royal Academy.
• In 1778 he took a silver medal for drawing from life.
• In 1782 the Academy's highest award, the gold medal for historical painting, his subject being King Lear.
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