All Lear, Edward 's Paintings
The Painting Names Are Sorted From A to Z
Oil On Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
Choice ID Image  Painting (From A to Z)       Details 
19132 Civita Castellana  Civita Castellana   1844, oil on canvas.
89647 Civita Castellana  Civita Castellana   Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated. 14 x 21 3/4 in (36 x 55.2 cm). Date 1844(1844) cjr
39861 Fan Palms at Arrah,Shahabad District,Bihar  Fan Palms at Arrah,Shahabad District,Bihar   mk153 Watercolor on paper 10.8x15.1cm
19133 Nuneham  Nuneham   1860, oil on canvas
19134 The Pyramids Road  The Pyramids Road   Ghizeh, 1873, oil on canvas.
39859 The Rocks of the Narbada River at Bheraghat Jubbulpore  The Rocks of the Narbada River at Bheraghat Jubbulpore   mk153 Watercolor on paper 10.9x13.9cm
27983 The Temple of Bassae or Phigaleia,in Arcadia from the Oakwoods of Mount Cotylium.The Hills of Sparta,Ithome and Navarino in the Distance  The Temple of Bassae or Phigaleia,in Arcadia from the Oakwoods of Mount Cotylium.The Hills of Sparta,Ithome and Navarino in the Distance   1854 Oil on canvas 146.4 x 229.5cm(57 3/4 x 90 1/2in) Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge (mk63)
Lear, Edward
English Painter and Illustrator, 1818-1888 English painter, draughtsman, illustrator and writer. In the 1860s Lear described himself as 'Greek Topographical Painter par excellence', aspiring to the title of 'Painter-Laureate and Boshproducing-Luminary forthwith' (quoted in 1983 exh. cat., p. 14). This whimsical summary of his versatile activities as topographical draughtsman, oil painter, traveller, writer and illustrator of nonsense rhymes and stories is typical of Lear's idiosyncratic literary style. It reflected his eccentric personality. He was epileptic and prone to fits of deep depression. In addition, owing to family misfortunes,



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