Henry Singleton
ARTISTHe had been immensely worthy of love, his "company was much sought after, since kindness of heart and his customs were to a high degree his own". He treated the reputation of his colleagues "extremely delicately, he was never heard to utter a diminutive word about any of them, ..., he often drew the attention of his friends to the beauty of the works of his rivals - for jealousy kept him away from himself. Such laudatory words about the private side of the English painter Henry Singleton can be found in obituaries to his death in contemporary magazines (here quoted from the "Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände" of March 12, 1840). Even three days before his death, he was still working on his art in the London apartment he had used for many years. Singleton was extremely productive and versatile: he painted many large-scale pictures of historical events of his time (e.g. "The Storming of the Bastille"), scenes from the Bible (e.g. "Christ Entering Jerusalem") as well as mythological motifs or motifs from literature and theatre. In the last years of his life, for example, he produced a series of paintings on Shakespeare's works. Henry Singleton is also known as a great portrait painter (e.g. of great personalities like Lord Nelson or Lord Howe) as well as of miniatures. Especially with the latter, Henry was able to earn a good living during his time as a painter.
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