Artist: Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786 - 1846)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Benjamin Robert Haydon’s goal as a painter and writer was to reintroduce seriousness to British Art. His mission was to paint historical and religious subjects in the Grand Manner and to display them in order to educate the public. However, his tumultuous life was of far more interest than his paintings. He had spells of bankruptcy, imprisonment, and frustration and was also constantly struggling to earn the respect that only he thought he deserved. Also surpassing his paintings were his autobiographical writings that revealed information on the art scene of his time period and his unusual life and character. Haydon was associated with the Romantic movement, painting portraits of William Wordsworth and John Keats. He committed suicide in 1846.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Benjamin Robert Haydon, Eucles, 1828
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Benjamin Philip Gibbon, Robert van Voerst, 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Caricatures Du Jour, 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Pantheon Charivarique, 19th century
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Benjamin Falk, Helena Modjeska (1840-1909), 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Caricature of Barye, the sculptor (1796 - 1875), 1838
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William Jennys - Asa Benjamin 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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william Jennys - Mrs. Asa Benjamin 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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H. Lenthall, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Portrait of Masson from the series PanthÈon Charivarique published in Le Charivari, 1850
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud), Ce drole de corps, assez laid Du sculpteur Paul Gayrard..., 19th century
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An Old Man Murdered by Three Younger Men
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Joseph-Siffred Duplessis - Benjamin Franklin 1779 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art French
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. Benjamin Hallowell 1766-67 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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William Hogarth - Dr. Benjamin Hoadly late 1730's oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Benjamin Franklin c. 1778 plaster bust Boston Athenaeum
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Charles Willson Peale - Benjamin Franklin 1787 mezzotint and engrav Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Gilbert Stuart - Benjamin Tappan 1814 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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William Jennys - Everard Benjamin 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Francis Wheatley - Benjamin Bond Hopkins before 1791 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Benjamin Lund, Mug, circa 1750
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Benjamin Schonzeit, Jenny, 1985
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Benjamin Schonzeit, Syrena, 1985
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Andrew Wyeth, Benjamin"s House, 1955
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Benjamin West, Cupid Stung by a Bee, 1802
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Anton Hohenstein - Portrait of Benjamin Issac Rhine 1859 Oil on Canvas Arkansas Arts Center American
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Charles Willson Peale - Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming 1788 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Benjamin Schonzeit, Untitled (three figures), 1985
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Benjamin West, The Angel of the Resurrection, 1801

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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William Havu Gallery: The Vessel: Voyage and Contain
Featuring ceramic sculpture by Martha Daniels, Margaret Haydon, Margaret Josey, and Anthony Sarenpa. Also featured are stone works by Michael Clapper, wooden sculpture by Darlene Nguyen-Ely and Bernice Strawn as well as ethereal oil paintings by J...
National Galleries of Scotland: ANDREW GEDDES (1783-1844) PAINTER-PRINTMAKER: A MAN OF PURE TASTE
Born in Edinburgh, Geddes studied painting in the celebrated York Place studio of Alexander Nasmyth and subsequently at the Royal Academy Schools in London as a contemporary of Wilkie. He went on to practise as a portrait painter in Edinburgh, be...
Monash University Gallery: Avant-gardism fo Children
avant-gardism for children is not a celebration of childrens or naïve art. It is concerned with teasing out further possibilities of spontaneous and improvisational artmaking whilst extending notions of moder...

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