John Baker (artist)
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John Baker (1726–30 April 1771) was an English flowerpainter.


Life

Baker was mainly employed in the decoration of coach (carriage), coaches. His biographer Edward Edwards (painter), Edward Edwards, in his ''Anecdotes of Painters'' (1808), remarks on the effect of fashion in this area of art, and on Baker's high reputation in it, in his day. On the foundation of the Royal Academy John Baker was elected a member.


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External links

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Profile on the Royal Academy site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, John 1726 births 1771 deaths 20th-century English painters English male painters Royal Academicians 20th-century English male artists