As per our current Database, Francis Danby has been died on Feb 9, 1861 (age 67).
When Francis Danby die, Francis Danby was 67 years old.
| Popular As | Francis Danby |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Age | 67 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | November 16, 1793 (Ireland) |
| Birthday | November 16 |
| Town/City | Ireland |
| Nationality | Ireland |
Francis Danby’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Francis Danby was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
Notable as a key member of the 19th-century "Bristol School" of English artists, he is famous for poetic, highly dramatic landscape paintings such as The Upas Tree (1820), An Enchanted Island (1825), and The Deluge (1840).
The children of farmer James Danby, he and his twin spent their early years in County Wexford and Dublin, Ireland. He began training as an Artist when he was still a boy; one of his first major works, View of the Avon Gorge, was completed in 1822.
Several of his paintings, including Opening of the Sixth Seal, depict an imagined apocalypse.
His two sons, Thomas and James, both also had successful careers as Painters. His marriage to their mother ended when his she took up with the Artist Paul Falconer Poole.
His work has often been compared to that of fellow nineteenth-century Painter John Martin.
