Artist: Edward Lear (1818 - 1888)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Edward Lear was an artist and author who is remembered mainly for his poetry. However, he earned his living as a draughtsman and painter. He was first employed by the Zoological Society but when his eyesight began to falter, he switched to topographical painting in watercolor and oil. Lear was also an avid traveler and published several journals of his trips. He finally settled in San Remo, Italy in 1871.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear (London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge , [1862]), ca. 1862
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Edward Lear, *There was an Old Person of Cadiz...,* on page 36 in the book, A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear (London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge,[1862]), 1862
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Edward Lear, Near Ekhmin (Akhmin), 1854
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Edward Lear, Masada (or Sebbeh) on the Dead Sea, 1858
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Edward Lear, St. Peter"s from the Arco Oscuro, 1842
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Edward Lear, Solan Gannet, 19th century
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Edward Gordon Craig, For King Lear, 1925
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Edward Lear, Chough - Fregilis graculus, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Kite - Milvus vulgaris, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Capercailzie or Cock of the Wood, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Black Grouse - Tetra Grouse, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Spotted Eagle - Aquila naevia, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Common Buzzard - Buteo vulgaris, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Phalacrocorax Punctatus - Spotted Commorant, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Lanner Falcon - Falco lanarius, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Glaucous Gull - Larus glaucus, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo Lagopus, 19th century
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Edward Lear, Illustrated Excursions in Italy (London: Thomas M*Lean, 1846), 1846
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Edward Lear, Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Tagliacozzo, plate 1 in the book, Illustrated Excursions in Italy (London: Thomas M*Lean, 1846), 1846
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Edward Lear, 19Z opposite page 238 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Pentedatilo, plate 16 opposite page 190 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Map of Basilicata..., plate 17 opposite page 209 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Scilla, plate 15 opposite page 176 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Ragnara, plate 14 opposite page 174 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Bova, plate 3 opposite page 36 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Palizzi, plate 4 opposite page 48 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Gerace, plate 7 opposite page 92 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Rocella, plate 8 opposite page 104 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Stilo, plate 9 opposite page 110 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Gioisa, plate 10 opposite page 130 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Canalo, plate 11 opposite page 140 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, San Giorgio, plate 12 opposite page 156 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Palmi, plate 13 opposite page 172 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Venosa, plate 21 opposite page 258 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Reggio, plate2 opposite page6 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Map of Calabria Ulteriore Prima, first plate and frontispiece in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852
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Edward Lear, Castel del Monte, plate 20 opposite page 250 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852), 1852

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Off-Off Broadway: THE OOBRs ARE HERE!
The OOBRs are the brainchild of John Chatterton, publisher and editor of oobr (“the off-off-broadway review”), the only magazine devoted exclusively to reviewing the Off-Off-Broadway theatre season. (The publication’s Web site, at www.oobr.c...
Chekhov Theatre: Chekhov Theatre Ensemble Announces Week-Long Michael Chekhov Acting Intensive

The classes, which develop the psychological values of the body, will be taught by master teachers Joanna Merlin (psychological gesture) and Chekhov Theatre Ensemble artistic director, Floyd Rumohr (basic exercises, text application). The Intensi...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: The 2002 Archibald Prize - Wynne and Sulman Prizes and Dobell Drawing Prize
With the financial support of the Colonial Foundation Trust, the winner of the Archibald Prize receives $35,000, the Wynne Prize for landscape painting $15,000, and the Sulman Prize for subject/genre painting and/or mural work $10,000. The winner...
Harvard University, Arthur M. Sackler Museum: Image and Empire: Picturing India during the Colonial Era
Image and Empire allows a broad examination of the arts and visual culture produced in and about India during the colonial era, said James Cuno, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums. It features works creat...

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