Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA was born in London, England on March 7 1802 - died October 1, 1873. Landseer was an English painter, familiar for his art works of animals, in particular dogs, horses as well as stags. All the same, the most famous of Landseer's pieces are sculptures. He created the renowned lion statues which are located in Trafalgar Square, London.
Landseer had been considered a child prodigy with his aesthetic gifts being acknowledged early in his life. He received his training with various artists, which includes Benjamin Robert Haydon, the familiar but disputed historical artist who encouraged the youthful Landseer to do dissections on animals in order to completely grasp their muscle system and skeletal body structure.
Landseer had been considered a child prodigy with his aesthetic gifts being acknowledged early in his life. He received his training with various artists, which includes Benjamin Robert Haydon, the familiar but disputed historical artist who encouraged the youthful Landseer to do dissections on animals in order to completely grasp their muscle system and skeletal body structure.
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Biography
In 1815 when Landseer was merely thirteen years old, he exhibited his first paintings with the Royal Academy. He was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy by the time he twenty-four years old, as well as an Academician to the Royal Academy in 1831, a short five years following. He had been knighted during 1850, and while elected as President of the Royal Academy during 1866 he turned down the request.Landseer was a notable figure in 19th century British art, and his works can be found in Tate Britain, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kenwood House and the Wallace Collection in London. He also collaborated with fellow painter Frederick Richard Lee.
Landseer's fame throughout Victorian Britain had been extensive. He had been commonly thought of among the best animal artists of his era, and replicas of his paintings were typically seen in many middle class houses. However his work still traversed class limits, as Landseer was very fashionable the British gentry. Queen Victoria authorized several portrayals of her family and animals from the painter. Landseer had been especially connected with Scotland as well as the Scottish Highlands, a place which inspired the artist to paint themes both human as well as beast. The highlands are seen in many of his significant art works, and such topics includes his early successes as well as in later years with his his more matured paintings.
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So favored and prestigious were Landseer's pictures of dogs in the aide of man that the title 'Landseer' was used to name a breed of Newfoundland dog. This particular Newfoundland breed, instead of having been nearly totally black, boasts a blend of each black and white; it was this breed Landseer popularized within his works lionizing Newfoundlands which depicted them as water rescue dogs helping humans. The theme touched the hearts of the Victorian community and blends Victorian portrays a blend memories of childhood with the attractive theme of worthy pets dedicated to man. Such animal devotion to man is seen in Landseer's painting titled Saved, where the dog has saved a child, yet the dog has no evident human guidance or interference.
Into his latter thirties Landseer sustained what is now thought to be a significant nervous breakdown. As a result of this for the remainder of his life, Landseer was afflicted by repeating turns of sadness, hypochondria as well as depression, frequently worsened by alcohol and also drug use. During the final few years of his lifetime Landseer's psychological constancy was difficult, and at the petition of his family he was proclaimed insane during July 1872.
Landseer's passing away in October 1873 had been greatly noted throughout England: workshops and homes let down its blinds, flags flew at half-staff, his bronze lions on the bottom of Nelson's tower had been adorned with wreaths, as well as great crowds bordered the streets to view his funeral entourage go by. Landseer is laid to rest at St Paul's Cathedral, London, England .
Landseer had been reported to be capable of painting with both hands simultaneously, for illustration, paint a dog's head with his right hand as well as the dogs tail with his left hand at the same time. He had been likewise noted to be capable of painting exceedingly rapidly once the mood came upon him. He could as well procrastinate, occasionally for years, about some commissions.
Into his latter thirties Landseer sustained what is now thought to be a significant nervous breakdown. As a result of this for the remainder of his life, Landseer was afflicted by repeating turns of sadness, hypochondria as well as depression, frequently worsened by alcohol and also drug use. During the final few years of his lifetime Landseer's psychological constancy was difficult, and at the petition of his family he was proclaimed insane during July 1872.
Landseer's passing away in October 1873 had been greatly noted throughout England: workshops and homes let down its blinds, flags flew at half-staff, his bronze lions on the bottom of Nelson's tower had been adorned with wreaths, as well as great crowds bordered the streets to view his funeral entourage go by. Landseer is laid to rest at St Paul's Cathedral, London, England .
Landseer had been reported to be capable of painting with both hands simultaneously, for illustration, paint a dog's head with his right hand as well as the dogs tail with his left hand at the same time. He had been likewise noted to be capable of painting exceedingly rapidly once the mood came upon him. He could as well procrastinate, occasionally for years, about some commissions.
Monarch Of The Glen - Edwin Henry Landseer

Edwin Henry Landseer Selected Paintings
A Cairn Terrier 1837A dead blackcock and a grey hen
A dog looking out of a kennel 1837
A favourite Shooting pony 1825
A Haed Study for Harvest in the Highlands
A Highland Bothy
A Highland Glen
A Highland landscape
A Highland landscape with a stag and a doe by a stream
A Highlander
A husky dog
A Pointer guarding his Kennel
A portrait study of Lady Harriet Hamilton
A Stag at Bay
Alpine Mastiffs reanimating a distressed traveller 1820
Bolton Abbey in the olden Time
Bolton Court in olden Time c.1834
Bull attacked by Dogs 1825
Dead Stag and Deer Hound 1825
Deer fallen from a Precipice/Deer just Shot
Deer Study 1860
Deerstalker's Return
Die Abgabe an das Kloster 1833
Die Jagdbeute 1833
Favourite Pony and Dogs
Feeding nestlings
Figures Resting by a river in a Highland Landscape
Girl carding Wool
Glen Tilt
Glenfeshie
Grace before meat
Harvest in the Highlands
Head portrait of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne 1779-1848
Head Study of a Scotsman
Heads of two rams
Highland Interior
Highland Maiden
Highland Scene with Cattle and Sheep
Highland Shepherd
Hunters and hounds 1823
Ibex 1861
Impertinent Puppies dismissed by a Monkey 1821
Jäger präsentiert zusammen mit zwei Gehilfen einem Abt seine Jagdbeute 1833
Lion Drinking at Stream
Lions at a Kill
Loch Caun
Lord Charles Russell's Charger, Pretender, in a Stable 1834
Moonlight Landscape 1827
Mountainous Landscape, with a Figure by a Cottage
My Horse
Neptune, the Property of W.Ellis Gosling, Esq. 1824
No Hunting till the Wheater Breaks
Otter Hounds in the Water
Otter hounds on a Riverbank 1838
Poachers deerstalking
Portrait of Dog
Portrait of Elizabeth Wells, later Lady Dyke 1831
Portrait of Lady Charlotte, Lady Augusta and Lady Katharine Scott
Portrait of Lord Cosmo Russell 1817-1875, when a Boy
Portrait of Lord Cosmo Russell, Head and Shoulders
Portrait of Miss Eliza Peel
Portrait of Mrs Keyl's Favourite Dog
Portrait of the Children of Rev Edward Coleridge 1800-1883
Portrait présumé de Master Brampton
Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington reviewing the Life Guards 1839
Refreshment
Retrieval
Retriever and Woodcock 1845
Retriever with a Woodcock
River Scene with an Otter eating Fish, a Sketch
River scene with swan
Robinson Crusoe c.1827
Robinson Crusoe Unfinished
Scarbro, the old cover hack
Scene in Chillingham Park: Portrait of Lord Ossulston
Scene of Braemar, Highland Deer
Sketch for Harvest in the Highlands
Sleeping Dog
Spearing Salmon by Torchlight
St. Bernard Dogs
Studie eines Rehes
Studies of Cattle and Sheep
Studies of Ibex 1861
Study for The Deer Pass 1856
Study of a Blood Hound
Study of a Chow 1861
Study of a dead Stag
Study of a Donkey 1862
Study of a Highland Landscape
Study of a white Horse 1823
Terrier mit Jagdbeute
The Deer Family
The Deer Pass
The Falconer, Sketch for a larger picture 1828
The Fishergirl
The Hawk Trainer
The Highland Nurses
The Larder invaded
The last Day together 1835
The poacher
The Ptarmigan Hill
The Reflection, the Monkey and the Looking Glass
The return from deer stalking
The Sentinel
The Sutherland Children
The Wood Cutter
Tierstudie
Two Heads of Oxen
Two Partridges
View in the Highlands, a sketch
View of Glenfeshie c.1830-1833
Vixen a Scottish Terrier 1822
Waiting for Master
Wolf and fox hunt 1825
Wooded River Landscape with a Windmill Beyond
Zwei Pudel
The Highland Nurses - Edwin Henry Landseer

The Faithful Hound - Edwin Henry Landseer

Isaac van Amburgh and his Animals - Edwin Henry Landseer

Dignity and Impudence - Edwin Henry Landseer

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- palaceofglass palaceofglass Nov 8, 2009 @ 2:59 pm
- Great lens. Thanks for your hard work. 5 stars from me.
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- d-artist d-artist Oct 6, 2008 @ 8:13 pm
- Edwin Landseer is one of my favorite artists....5*s
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Edwin Henry Landseer - Victorian era artist and painter famous for his animal and portraits, particularly horses and dogs in the service of men. (more)

































