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: (60)
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Edward Lear A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear (London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge , [1862]) Book with 113 lithographs and lithographed cover 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]) Lithograph 1862
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Edward Lear Near Ekhmin (Akhmin) ink and watercolor 1854
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Edward Lear Masada (or Sebbeh) on the Dead Sea oil on canvas 1858
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COUCHER DE SOLEIL SUR L'ILE DE PHILE (1861) by LEAR Edward
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Edward Lear Solan Gannet lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Kite - Milvus vulgaris lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Capercailzie or Cock of the Wood lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Chough - Fregilis graculus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Gordon Craig For King Lear Wood engraving 1925
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Edward Lear Black Grouse - Tetra Grouse lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Spotted Eagle - Aquila naevia lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Glaucous Gull - Larus glaucus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Phalacrocorax Punctatus - Spotted Commorant lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Lanner Falcon - Falco lanarius lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Common Buzzard - Buteo vulgaris lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Illustrated Excursions in Italy (London: Thomas M*Lean, 1846) book with lithographs 1846
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Edward Lear Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo Lagopus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear St. Peter's from the Arco Oscuro graphite with opaque watercolor on gray-green wove paper 1842
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Edward Lear Tagliacozzo, plate 1 in the book, Illustrated Excursions in Italy (London: Thomas M*Lean, 1846) lithograph 1846
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Edward Lear Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) book with 22 lithographs 1852
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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) lithograph 1852
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Catania and Mount Etna, 1847 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888)Oil on board; 12 1/4 x 19
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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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 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) lithograph 1852
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Lilly Martin Spencer - King Lear n.d. oil on board National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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Benjamin West - King Lear c. 1788 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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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) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Forests of Pietrapennata, plate 5 opposite page 56 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 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) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear S. Maria di Polsi, plate 6 opposite page 76 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear - La Piana 1868 watercolor and pen a The Art Institute of Chicago English
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Edward Lear Convent of Monte Vergine, plate 18 opposite page 214 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear San Michele di Monte Voltore, plate 20 opposie page 268 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Crazy Quilt Top, Betsy Chandler Lear (1804 - 1898) , circa 1898, Appliquéd and embroidered silk and velvet
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Le Roi Lear devant le cadavre de Cordélia (2e quart 19e siècle ; 3e quart 19e siècle) by CHASSERIAU Théodore
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Unfinished Crazy Quilt Top, Betsy Chandler Lear (1804 - 1898) , circa 1898, Pieced and embroidered silk and velvet
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Edward Lear, English, 1812-1888 Sorrento 1839 black crayon and gouache highlights on faded blue (?)
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Edward Lear, English, 1812-1888 Kalabshe, Nubia on the Nile 19th century Watercolor on heavy wove
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Edward Lear Collar lace 19th century
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Le Roi Lear (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1ère moitié 19e siècle) by NORMAND Charles Pierre Joseph (attribué à) ; WEST Benjamin (inspiré par)
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Richard Hatfield Lear & Cordelia 19th century
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James Barry King Lear engraving 1776
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John Carter Lear, Act III, Scene III 18th - 19th century
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John Carter Lear, Act III, Scene III 18th - 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Rainbird Fine Art: Dilys Finlay-Stephens: Blokes and Birds
Walking into a room filled with these fascinating portraits of old London characters, one is struck by how vividly and often humorously she encapsulates the cynicism and pain that has been acquired with life experience, highlighting what exactly i...
Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust, Graves Art Gallery: Travellers’ Tales
Travellers’ Tales will take a grand tour of the world from South of France and Venice to Jamaica and the Far East and there will also be a chance to revisit favourite haunts. Turner was not the only artist to paint Venice, and the exhibition will ...
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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EDWARD LEAR : Poems of Edward Lear : The Book of Nonsense
Edward Lear Teacher Resource File
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