Sir Frederick William Burton was an Irish painter born in Corofin, Co Clare. Educated in Dublin, he was elected an associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy at the age of twenty-one and an academician two years later. In 1842 he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy. A visit to Germany and Bavaria in 1851 was the first of a long series of trips to various parts of Europe, which gave him a profound knowledge of the works of the Old Masters.

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  • Sir Frederick William Burton was an Irish painter born in Corofin, Co Clare. Educated in Dublin, he was elected an associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy at the age of twenty-one and an academician two years later. In 1842 he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy. A visit to Germany and Bavaria in 1851 was the first of a long series of trips to various parts of Europe, which gave him a profound knowledge of the works of the Old Masters. In 1874 he was appointed director of the National Gallery, London in succession to Sir W. Boxall, R.A. During the twenty years that he held this post he was responsible for many important purchases, among them Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks, Raphael's Ansidei Madonna, Anthony van Dyck's equestrian portrait of Charles I, Hans Holbein the Younger's Ambassadors, and the Admiral Pulido Pareja, by Diego Velázquez (this subsequently attributed to Velázquez's assistant Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo). He also added to the noted series of Early Italian pictures in the gallery. The number of acquisitions made to the collection during his period of office amounts to more than 500. Burton also worked with George Petrie on archaeological sketches and was on the council of the Royal Irish Academy and the Archaeological Society of Ireland. He was elected an associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1855, and a full member in the following year. He resigned in 1870, and was reelected as an honorary member in 1886. A knighthood was conferred on him in 1884, and the degree of LL.D. of Dublin in 1889. In his youth he had strong sympathy with the Young Ireland Party. He died in Kensington, London. Burton's watercolours Hellelil and Hildebrand and The Meeting on Turret Stairs, 1864 are exhibited at The National Gallery of Ireland.
  • Frederick William Burton nacque nel 1816 in Irlanda, nel paese di Corofin, nella contea di Clare. Dopo aver studiato a Dublino, Burton divenne membro della Royal Hibernian Academy divenendo poco dopo accademico. Nel 1842 si recò in Inghilterra, dove espose alcuni suoi lavori nella Royal Academy di Londra. Nel 1851 si recò in Germania e più precisamente in Baviera, prima di una lunga serie di visite in gran parte dell'Europa, che gli fornì una buona cultura artistica. Nel 1874 venne nominato direttore della National Gallery di Londra come successore di Sir William Boxall. Come direttore del museo, Burton diede un fondamentale contributo all'acquisizione di prestigiose opere d'arte come la Vergine delle Rocce di Leonardo e il Ritratto di Carlo I a cavallo di Antoon van Dyck. Tra le altre opere, lavori di Raffaello, Hans Holbein il Giovane, Diego Velázquez e di numerosi pittori italiani del Rinascimento. Durante il periodo di direzione di Burton, la galleria ottenne circa cinquecento nuove opere.
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  • Director of the National Gallery
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  • 1874–1894
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  • Sir Frederick William Burton was an Irish painter born in Corofin, Co Clare. Educated in Dublin, he was elected an associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy at the age of twenty-one and an academician two years later. In 1842 he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy. A visit to Germany and Bavaria in 1851 was the first of a long series of trips to various parts of Europe, which gave him a profound knowledge of the works of the Old Masters.
  • Frederick William Burton nacque nel 1816 in Irlanda, nel paese di Corofin, nella contea di Clare. Dopo aver studiato a Dublino, Burton divenne membro della Royal Hibernian Academy divenendo poco dopo accademico. Nel 1842 si recò in Inghilterra, dove espose alcuni suoi lavori nella Royal Academy di Londra. Nel 1851 si recò in Germania e più precisamente in Baviera, prima di una lunga serie di visite in gran parte dell'Europa, che gli fornì una buona cultura artistica.
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  • Frederick William Burton
  • Frederick William Burton
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