James Sillett
ARTISTJames Sillett was an English still life and landscape artist. He showed himself to be one of the most versatile of the Norwich School of painters: although the great majority of his works were still lifes and landscapes, he was also a drawing master and a miniaturist. His botanical paintings illustrations have been praised for their accuracy and attention to detail. These and his still life paintings are considered to be his best work, with some experts ranking him with William Jackson Hooker, whose illustrations were both accurate and charming. Sillett's own accurate depictions of plants were often used for book illustrations. His paintings often have an academic style, influenced by the masters of the eighteenth century in a way that set him apart from his Norwich contemporaries. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1796 and 1837.
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James Sillett, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by James Sillett (British, 1764–1840) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
James Sillett was an English still life and landscape artist. He showed himself to be one of the most versatile of the Norwich School of painters: although the great majority of his works were still lifes and landscapes, he was also a drawing master and a miniaturist. His botanical paintings illustrations have been praised for their accuracy and attention to detail. These and his still life paintings are considered to be his best work, with some experts ranking him with William Jackson Hooker, whose illustrations were both accurate and charming. Sillett's own accurate depictions of plants were often used for book illustrations. His paintings often have an academic style, influenced by the masters of the eighteenth century in a way that set him apart from his Norwich contemporaries. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1796 and 1837.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of James Sillett's work on the site falls under Landscape (1), Still Life (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Romanticism (2).
Culture: English (2).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 1 portrait.
Other British artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- George Cruikshank — 381 artworks
- James Gillray — 378 artworks
- Anna Atkins — 313 artworks
- Thomas Girtin — 152 artworks
- John Buckler — 122 artworks
- Cornelius Varley — 106 artworks
- Francis Wheatley — 95 artworks
- William Alexander — 88 artworks
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