Sir edwin henry landseer,R.A.
1802-1873
Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and etcher, brother of (3) Charles Landseer. He became the best-known member of the family and was one of the most highly respected and popular British painters of the 19th century. He was first trained by his father, who taught him etching, and he then studied with Benjamin Robert Haydon and at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Precociously gifted, he drew competently from childhood and in 1813 he won the Silver Palette for draughtsmanship at the Society of Arts. In 1815 he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, showing some drawings of a mule and of the heads of dogs. From an early age he was a frequent visitor to the menagerie in Exeter Change in the Strand, London, Related Paintings of Sir edwin henry landseer,R.A. :. | Sketch for Harvest in the Highlands (mk37) | Laying Down The Law | Windsor Castle in Modern Times | Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer | Lady Blessingham's Dog | Related Artists: Frederic Baxille1841-1870 Jacopo da Empoli1554-1640
Italian
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Italian painter and draughtsman. He lived and worked in Florence all his life, and he followed Santi di Tito in the return to the clarity of the Florentine High Renaissance. He absorbed the ideas of his more innovative contemporaries and became one of the most popular painters of altarpieces for churches in Florence and Tuscany. He was also a distinguished still-life painter and received many commissions from private patrons, among them the Medici. Empoli painting is distinguished by simple, lucid forms, strong colour and direct and clear interpretation of the subject. Jean SeignemartinFrench, 1848-1875
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