Dominic Greenhouses

Dominic Greenhouses (born in 1719 with Auch in Gascogne - died in 1793), also known under the name of Dominic Greenhouses Old the , was a painter strongly associated with the English school of painting, and more particularly with maritime or naval topics. Its bonds with the world of English art were such, that it became one of the founding members of the royal Académie in 1768, and then was briefly its Bibliothécaire (of 1792 until its death).

Its family hoped that he becomes priest but he preferred to travel in Spain, became captain of ship and set sail for Cuba. It was made to prisoner by the marine British towards the end of the year 1740. It is supposed that it settled with London about 1758 to follow there a training of painter in the Northamptonshire, and later in London, under Charles Brooking.

The majority of its paintings are in connection with the maritime world. Working for an editor, it documented the events of the Guerre Seven Year old (1756-1763). It painted a series of tables including/understanding the catch of Belle-Ile (1761) and the catch of Havana (1762). It also painted the events of the war of American independence (1776 - 1783). In 1780, it was named Peintre of the Navy by the king George III.

Greenhouses was buried with the old church Sainte Marylebone. His/her oldest son Jean Thomas Serres (1759 - 1825) also became a prolific artist of the marine world.

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