![]() But a taste for poetry and drama, and living in Covent Garden in the vicinity of the theatres, led him to associate with many members of the free-living theatrical world, and he fell into "irregular habits". Greenhill was at first industrious, and married early. ![]() Vertue also says that his progress excited Lely's jealousy. He carefully studied Vandyck's portraits, and George Vertue commented that he copied so closely Vandyck's portrait of "Thomas Killigrew and his dog" that it was difficult to know which was the original. ![]() His progress was rapid, and he acquired some of Lely's skill and method. About 1662 he moved to London and became a pupil of Peter Lely. His first attempt at a portrait was one of his paternal uncle James Abbott of Salisbury, whom he is said to have sketched surreptitiously, as the old man would not sit for him. Greenhill was educated at Salisbury Cathedral School. John's younger brother Henry became Governor of the Gold Coast and a commissioner of the Navy. His father was connected through his brothers with the East India trade. ![]() Greenhill was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire around 1644, the eldest son of John Greenhill, registrar of the diocese of Salisbury, and Penelope Champneys, daughter of Richard Champneys of Orchardleigh, Somerset. 1644 – ) was an English portrait painter, a pupil of Peter Lely, who approached his teacher in artistic excellence, but whose life was cut short by a dissolute lifestyle. Hill's brother, Daniel Rowlinson Hill, was an architect based in Birmingham, and his cousin was Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff, a lock and safe manufacturer and also an MP.For the English cleric, see John Russell Greenhill. His eldest son went on to become a marine engineer and had many children of his own. His first child – also James John Hill – was born to an unknown mother in 1838, and the other four – Daniel, Emily, Thomas and Alfred – to Harriet Parsons. He died on 27 January 1882, aged 71, at Sutton House, London, having contracted bronchitis and was buried in a family grave on the west side of Highgate Cemetery. In his later life, Hill devoted himself primarily to painting landscapes and had a number of his paintings featured in London newspapers. Later career Grave of James John Hill in Highgate Cemetery He found less success in painting landscapes than he did scenes of wildlife and people. Most of his landscape paintings were inspired by his visit to Ireland in 1854. His paintings were known to depict mainly girls and boys and their families residing in the countryside, nature being present in almost all of his artwork, and in his later career he moved from painting mainly portraits and people to painting landscapes. He operated primarily in London, painting many portraits of Lady Burdett-Coutts, a Victorian philanthropist, and her many pets. There, he became known as a 'popular contributor' among his fellow artists, showing off his artwork in a number of their exhibitions across the next forty years. Having moved to London in 1839, Hill was elected in 1842 a member of the Society of British Artists. His fellow pupils included Thomas Creswick, James Tibbits Willmore, Thomas Baker, and Peter Hollins. He was educated at Hazelwood School, a school founded by the educational reformer Rowland Hill (no relation), and he attended Joseph Barber's art academy in Great Charles Street, at the time being taught by his son Vincent. James John Hill was born sometime in 1811 in Broad Street, Birmingham to Daniel Hill, plater, and Elizabeth Rowlinson, the daughter of a brass founder. ![]() Hill, was an English landscape and portrait painter, known for his many rustic paintings and portraits of Lady Burdett-Coutts. James John Hill RBA (1811 – 27 January 1882), known also by his alias J. ![]()
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