Age, Biography and Wiki
| Birth Day | November 16, 1793 |
| Birth Place | Ireland |
| Age | 226 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Feb 9, 1861 (age 67) |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
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).
Before Fame
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.
Trivia
Several of his paintings, including Opening of the Sixth Seal, depict an imagined apocalypse.
Family Life
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.
Associated With
His work has often been compared to that of fellow nineteenth-century Painter John Martin.
Some Francis Danby images
