英國肖像畫家 William Owen (1769 - 1825)

William Owen was born 1769, buried March 19, 1825, was an English portrait painter known for his portraits of society figures such as Pitt the Younger and George, Prince of Wales. In 1786 Owen moved to London, where he was apprenticed to the coach painter Charles Cadden. It appears that Owen was drawn to figure painting from the outset, and after copying a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds of the much admired actress Mary Robinson, by 1797 Owen was working as a studio assistant to John Hopner, who by this point was struggling to keep up with the demand for copies of his portraits. Owen was clearly also experiencing some success in his own right, for in the same year he painted Liener, along with her younger sister, and exhibited the portrait at Somerset House, the then location of Royal Academy Exhibitions, receiving a great deal of praise and encouragement.