Edwin Henry Landseer
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA ( born March 7, 1802 in London, † October 1, 1873 ) was an English landscape painter, wildlife artist and sculptor of romance. Landseer mainly painted animal motifs and Scottish landscapes. His most famous work as a sculptor are the sculptures of lions at the foot of Nelson statue at Trafalgar Square in London.
Life and work
Landseer was born as the youngest son of the engraver John Landseer. One of his brothers was the history painter Charles Landseer. Edwin Landseer studied with his father and Benjamin Robert Haydon. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1815, after he had a year earlier been exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Early 20s, he visited Scotland for the first time and fell in love with the Highlands. As a result, many paintings were created with Scottish motifs, one of the most famous images is Monarch of the Glen, now exhibited in the Museum of Scotland. In 1826 he was, at the age of 24 years, an associate member of the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1831 he became a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts and court painter to Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha. He was defeated in 1850 by Queen Victoria knighted. In 1866 he was elected President of the Royal Academy, but did not accept the office. Since the collapse in 1840 Landseer suffered from depression and a generally poor health, but continued to paint until his death on.
Landseer devoted preferably the animal and landscape painting. In 1819 he presented his first picture, dog fight from. Through this and his subsequent creations, which have been widely used by engraving and lithography, Landseer in England and on the Continent became popular. He earned his money among other things, with portraits of dogs wealthy Englishman. Landseer is also known by the persons often painted and later named after him even dog breed Landseer, a spotted variety of the Newfoundland.
Landseer was also a sculptor. In 1866 he designed the large bronze figure of a deer made of dogs and delivered at the same time the models to colossal bronze lions at the foot of Nelson Statue in Trafalgar Square in London.
Falcon, 1837
A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society, 1838
Trial by Jury, 1840
Queen Victoria on Horseback, circa 1840
Windsor Castle in Modern Times, 1841-1845
Eos, A Favorite Greyhound of Prince Albert, 1841
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Bal Costume of 12 May 1842
Monarch of the Glen, 1851
One of the designed by Landseer bronze lions at Trafalgar Square, 1866