painted Gustave Flaubert vers in 1856  Related Paintings of Pierre Francois Eugene Giraud :. | Honfleur (mk11) | Canal in Venice | Beaded rosary of Our Lady holding the child | Girl with Basket of Oranges | Some Horses |
Related Artists:
Nicolaus Knupfer
1603-1655 German Nicolaus Knupfer Gallery
Maerten Jacobsz van Heemskerck
1498-1574 Flemish Maerten Jacobsz van Heemskerck Gallery
Lear, Edward
English Painter and Illustrator, 1818-1888 English painter, draughtsman, illustrator and writer. In the 1860s Lear described himself as 'Greek Topographical Painter par excellence', aspiring to the title of 'Painter-Laureate and Boshproducing-Luminary forthwith' (quoted in 1983 exh. cat., p. 14). This whimsical summary of his versatile activities as topographical draughtsman, oil painter, traveller, writer and illustrator of nonsense rhymes and stories is typical of Lear's idiosyncratic literary style. It reflected his eccentric personality. He was epileptic and prone to fits of deep depression. In addition, owing to family misfortunes,