Richard Henry Nibbs (1816–1893) was an English painter and book illustrator who specialised in marine art.
Nibbs was born in Brighton, Sussex (now East Sussex), England and educated at a school in Worthing (run by the father of watercolourist Henry Tidey). He lived in Brighton throughout his life.[1] Nibbs initially trained as a musician and became a professional cellist with the Theatre Royal orchestra. However, a lifelong love of art combined with a natural talent for detailed observation led him to become a self-taught painter - in both oils and watercolour - particularly of marine subjects. In 1840 a substantial inheritance allowed him to devote himself full-time to art.
His marine art depicts scenes mainly off the coast of his native Sussex, France and Holland - though he also drew buildings and landscapes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and other institutions.
Works (selected)
Church of the Transfiguration, Pyecombe, Sussex, by R. H Nibbs
Paintings:
Low Water: Newhaven Harbour, Sussex .
HMS Vengeance at Spithead (1851).
Queen Victoria landing at the Chain Pier, Brighton (1843).
Brighton promenade, 1850.
Shipping on the Thames.
Shoreham.
Philadelphia Harbour.
Illustrated books:
Lower, Mark Anthony. The Churches of Sussex: With Historical and Archaeological Descriptions (1872)
Nibbs, R. H. Antiquities of Sussex (1872)
Notes
Residing at 8 Howard Place, then 7 Buckingham Place from 1873 (according to the "Encyclopaedia of Brighton" by Tim Carder - 1990).
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