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. :. | Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer | Windsor Castle in Modern Times, 1840-43 This painting shows Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at home at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. | Laying Down The Law | Sketch for Harvest in the Highlands (mk37) | Saved | Related Artists: Judith leyster1609-60
Dutch painter. She painted genre scenes, portraits and still-lifes, and she may also have made small etchings; no drawings by her are known. She specialized in small intimate genre scenes, usually with women seated by candlelight, and single half-length figures set against a neutral background. POLACK, JanPolish Northern Renaissance Painter, died 1519 Gerard ter Borch the Youngerpainted Mother Combing the Hair of Her Child. in 1652
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