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: (100)
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Benjamin Robert Haydon Eucles Etching 1828
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Benjamin Philip Gibbon Robert van Voerst 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 1842
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Caricatures Du Jour 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Pantheon Charivarique Lithograph 19th century
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william Jennys - Mrs. Asa Benjamin 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Jennys - Asa Benjamin 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Caricature of Barye, the sculptor (1796 - 1875) Lithograph 1838
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Benjamin Falk Helena Modjeska (1840-1909) albumen print 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Portrait of Masson from the series PanthÈon Charivarique published in Le Charivari lithograph 1850
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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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William Jennys - Everard Benjamin 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - Benjamin Tappan 1814 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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H. Lenthall Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) carbon print 19th century
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Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud) Ce drole de corps, assez laid Du sculpteur Paul Gayrard... Lithograph 19th century
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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 soft-paste porcelain circa 1750
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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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Anton Hohenstein - Portrait of Benjamin Issac Rhine 1859 Oil on Canvas Arkansas Arts Center American
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Gilbert Stuart - Sarah Holmes Tappan (Mrs. Benjamin Tappan) 1814 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Benjamin Schonzeit Jenny pen and black ink 1985
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Benjamin Schonzeit Syrena pen and black ink 1985
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Charles Robert Leslie, British, 1794-1859 Benjamin West Oil on panel 79 x 63.5 cm (31
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An Old Man Murdered by Three Younger Men
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Benjamin S. Rotch Untitled (Landscape) graphite on paper circa 1850
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Wood & Hughes Cup plate with ship and inscription "Benjamin Franklin" flint glass circa 1830
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Wood & Hughes Cup plate with ship and inscription "Benjamin Franklin" flint glass circa 1830
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Benjamin Schonzeit Untitled (three figures) white ink on black paper 1985
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Benjamin Constant La Soif Etching 19th - 20th century
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Benjamin Constant En vue de Tanger Etching 19th - 20th century
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Albion Warren Harris Bicknell Landscape with a pond... Monotype 19th - 20th century
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Carlo Pellegrini (Ape) *The Junior Ambassor* (Benjamin Disraeli) 19th century
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Benjamin Smith Sigismonda engraving 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Louis Auguste Damman M. Carrier Belleuse 19th century
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Benjamin Constant Souvenir de Tanger Etching 19th - 20th century
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Mrs. Joseph Barrell (Hannah Fitch) about 1771 pastel on paper
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Louis Jacques Cathelin Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Johann Andreas Benjamin Regers John Wycliffe 18th - 19th century
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Johann Christian Benjamin Gottschick Joseph Grassi 18th - 19th century
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Sevres Factory Bust of Benjamin Franklin porcelain (Biscuit de Sevres) 20th century
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Benjamin Smith Hogarth's portrait of himself and dog, Trump 18th - 19th century
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Robert Dunkarton The Right Honorable George Lord Lyttelton Mezzotint 1774
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Artist: Benjamin West Title: Destruction of the Beast and the False Prophet Date: 1804 Medium:
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Artist: Benjamin West Title: Portrait of Diana Mary Barker Date: 1766 Medium: oil on canvas
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Benjamin West The Angel of the Resurrection Pen lithograph 1801
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Jean Charles Levasseur L'Amerique Independente (Glorification of Benjamin Franklin) Engraving 1778
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A Woman, Possibly Sophia Dorothea (1687-1757), Later Queen of Prussia Style of Benjamin Arlaud (Continental,
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Artist: Benjamin Greenleaf Title: Portrait of Joseph Wiggins Date: 1820 Medium: oil on glass Dimensions:
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Edward Scriven Benjamin West, Esquire 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Constant Seated Arab charcoal and graphite circa late 19th century
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Artist: Benjamin West Title: John the Baptist Date: early 1790s Medium: black chalk heightened with
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Benjamin Brecknell Turner, English, 1815-1894 Hawkhurst Church ("Photographic Truth") 1850-60 Photograph, albumen print from calotype
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Benjamin Vautier A Knotty Point - from Harper's Weekly , 21 Nov , 1874. wood engraving 19th century
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Judith Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French, 1845-1902)Oil on canvas; 47 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (120.7 x
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Frank Hector Tompkins, American, 1847-1922 Self Portrait 1914 Oil on canvas 101.3 x 81.6 cm
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Benjamin West Christ Healing the Sick oil on paper mounted on canvas 1794
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Benjamin Smith Portrait of King George Stencil, engraving 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Smith Infant Shakespeare attended by nature and passion Stencil, engraving 1709
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Artist: Benjamin West Title: Male Nude: Academic Study Date: 1787 Medium: black chalk on off-white
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Benjamin Franklin Butler View of San Jose lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler View of San Jose lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Samuel Bolomey Willem George Frederick, Prinse Van Orange en Nassau 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler The Grand Plaza, San Francisco lithograph 1850
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Benjamin Smith Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy & Comedy, after George Romney 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin West, American, 1818-1854 King Lear 1788-1806 Oil on canvas 271.78 x 365.76 cm
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Benjamin West Cupid Stung by a Bee oil on paper mounted on canvas backed by panel 1802
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Benjamin Smith Shakespeare: Tempest. Act I, Scene I Color stencil engraving 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Chambers Brown The Two Bridges, Pasadena Drypoint 1918
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Jules Abel Faivre Les maÓtres humoristes. Abel Faivre (Paris: SociÈtÈ d*Edition et de Publications. Librairie FÈlix Julien, [1907]). [With additional numbers for 1907 featuring Benjamin Rabier, Caran d*Ache, and Hermann-Paul.] book
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Francis Cotes, British, 1726-1770 Benjamin Vaughan 1768 Oil on canvas 127 x 101.9 cm (50
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Dancing Elephant and Miner lithograph 19th century
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Abraham Caressing Isaac Jacob Caressing Benjamin about 1637 Copper
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Montgomery Street, between Clay and Commercial Sts. lithograph 19th century
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Idealized head in profile, from sarcophagus Relief Roman, Provincial Imperial, Antonine Period about A.D. 160–180
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Benjamin Franklin Butler The Grand Plaza, San Francisco color lithograph 1850
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after a Painting by Greuze of 1777, 1777 Charles Paul Jérôme de
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Anonymous Le Cle d'Argent (Benjamin Franklin lecturing a young man on the merits of saving), Metz School woodcut with hand color circa 1840
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Benjamin West George Harry Grey, Lord Grey (later the Fifth Earl of Stamford) oil on canvas 1765
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Benjamin Franklin Butler State Insane Asylum, Stockton, Cal. wood (or steel?) 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Clay St. South Side, Six Doors Below Montgomery San Francisco Lithograph 1854
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Benjamin Franklin Butler East Side of Portsmouth Square lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Montgomery St. E. Side from Clay to Commercial St. lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Chambers Brown (market) etching 19th - 20th century
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Benjamin Chambers Brown The Hill Road Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Benjamin Chambers Brown A California Road etching 19th - 20th century
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George Vertue Portrait Rt. Rev. Benjamin Hoadley, lord Bishop of Bangor engraving 17th - 18th century

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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