Artist: Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881)
Nationality: English
Movement: Romanticism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Child prodigy, Samuel Palmer, first exhibited his paintings in 1819 at the Royal Academy and the British Institution. He began studying under John Linnell at the age of 17, who introduced him to the work of William Blake. Palmer’s relationship with the poet and artist shaped the mystical themes of his work thereafter. In 1824, he painted pastoral scenes in Shoreham, Kent with only ink and a sepia wash. He settled there two years later and headed the group the Ancients. His work gradually lost its poetic influence and took on the common appeal of traditional British landscapists.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Samuel Palmer, "Christmas" etching in Samuel Palmer, a memoir by A. H. Palmer, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, The Bellman, 1879
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Samuel Palmer, The Cypress Grove, 1883
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Samuel Palmer, Moonlit Scene, 1863
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Samuel Palmer, The Willow, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, "O fortunate old man...",second illustration for Eclogue 1, opposite page 20 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "O fortunate old man...",first illustration for Eclogue 1, opposite page 18 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, The Skylark, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Willow, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Sepulchre, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Herdsman"s Cottage or Sunset , 1850
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Samuel Palmer, "Thy very cradle quickens...", illustration for Eclogue 4, opposite page 48 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Ripe apples are our supper...",third illustration for Eclogue 1, opposite page 22 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Come fairest, if thou care for me at all..," illustration for Eclogue 7, opposite page 70 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "And while the troubled moon shrunk in and out...", second illustration for Eclogue 8, opposite page 82 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Pan came, Arcadian shepherd ever good...", first illustration for Eclogue10, opposite page 92 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Tis gentle Phillis I love best of all...", illustration for Eclogue 3, opposite page 40 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Pan came, Arcadian shepherd ever good",second illustration for Eclogue10, opposite page 94 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, The Cypress Grove, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Homeward Star, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Herdsman, or The Weary Ploughman, 1865
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Samuel Palmer, The Early Ploughman, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Rising Moon, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, Moeris and Galatea, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, "But see, the weary-pacing oxen, slow...", illustration for Eclogue 2, opposite page 30 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "_till Vesper bade the swain...", illustration for Eclogue 6, opposite page 64 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Scarce with her rosy fingers had the dawn...", first illustration for Eclogue 8, opposite page 76 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Then, to our goats at milking time return..", illustration for Eclogue 9, opposite page 88 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, "Untimely lost and by a cruel deathä", illustration for Eclogue 5, opposite page 54 in the book An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer (London: Seeley & Company, 1883), 1883
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Samuel Palmer, The Herdsman"s Cottage; or sunset, 19th century
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Sir Guyon Tempted by Phaedra
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Samuel Palmer, Opening the Fold; or, Early Morning, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Sleeping Shepard; Early Morning, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, Opening the Fold; or, Early Morning, 19th century
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Samuel Palmer, The Shorter Poems of John Milton (London: Seeley & Company, 1889), 1889
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Samuel Palmer, The Prospect, second illustration to the poem L"Allegro, opposite page 14 in the book The Shorter Poems of John Milton (London: Seeley & Company, 1889), 1889
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Samuel Palmer, The Bellman, second illustration to the poem Il Penseroso, opposite page 26 in the book The Shorter Poems of John Milton (London: Seeley & Company, 1889), 1889
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Samuel Palmer, Lycidas, illustration to the poem Lycidas, opposite page 2 in the book The Shorter Poems of John Milton (London: Seeley & Company, 1889), 1889
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Samuel Palmer, The Curfew, first illustration to the poem Il Penseroso, opposite page 22 in the book The Shorter Poems of John Milton (London: Seeley & Company, 1889), 1889

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (18)
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California Museum of Photography: Mediating Site/Mediated Vision
Mediating Site/Mediated Vision looks at various ways in which photographic work makes the mediation of technology apparent and brings the viewer's attention back to the apparatus itself. The exhibition is curated by Kate Palmer, a second year grad...
Centre for Contemporary Photography: Call for Artists: e-Media Gallery calling for for NET ART WORKS, CD-ROM & DVD
The small Gallery, which features a wooden facade with a cut-out for the mouse and the monitor screen, acts as a 'digital portal' at CCP and is visited by hundreds of visitors each week. CCP promotes all exhibitions on its full colour monthl...
Lawrence Gallery Portland: New Works by Painter Ann Ruttan
Patron’s of Ruttan’s work will be dazzled by her new collection as they are revealed in the main gallery on 1st Thursday, September 1st. Those seeking Ruttan’s work for the first time, should look forward to large scale canvases which mirror t...
Fuller Museum of Art: Environmental Arts, Inc Presents Sixth Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
For the past six years, the Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition has been located on the grounds of the Fuller Museum of Art where a path, through twenty-two acres of wooded area, was created for the establishment of sites for permanent as well as tempora...
IAO Gallery: Outart Festival Of Oklahoma
The 4 selected were artists that showed a level of presentation that was superb, Richard Ray Whitman said. Clayton Keyes, David Cockerell, Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya and Mark Maxey were selected for this prestigious award. Over ...
Tate Gallery, Liverpool: Figurative Art at the End of the Century
Many of these works have only just been acquired by the Tate and are on show in Liverpool for the first time. Together, they create a powerful spectacle and raise issues ...
Kettle's Yard Gallery, University of Cambridge: Alan Reynolds: 50 Years after the Royal College of Art
A quest for structure and equilibrium has always been at the heart of Reynolds' work. His engagement with landscape, from his native Suffolk to the hop gardens and orchards of his adoptive Kent, was inspired in part by Constable and Samuel Palmer ...
Kettle's Yard Gallery, University of Cambridge: EXODUS: between promise and fulfilment
Photographs from the Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai 1869 by Sgt. James McDonald (1822-1885) David Austen
Vija Celmins
Ian Davenport
Helmut Federle
Callum Innes
John McCracken
John Zurier Sgt.McDo...
Singapore Art Museum: Photographica Australis
WITTY, OFTEN BEAUTIFUL AND SOMETIMES UNNERVING, photography is amongst the most fascinating Australian art being made today. The background for the present confidencelies in the success of artists such as Tracey Moffatt and Bill Henson, who hav...
Seattle Art Museum: Hero/Antihero: What Heroes Are Made Of
Hero/Anti-Hero will examine a wide range of personalities including the Roman Emperor Claudius, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, and Ulysses S. Grant; characters who have inspired dreams, ambivalence, and even hostility. Among the artists represente...
Smart Museum of Art: Critical Mass
* Training: They usually hold degrees from art schools and many also teach or administrate at cultural institutions. * Sensibilities: They pursue an ethical, self-reflective practice and are committed to social engagement. They conside...
Brian Gross Fine Art: Robert Arneson: Political Drawings
Arneson addressed the threat of global annihilation and the destructiveness of war, and often caricatured world leaders to highlight their shortcomings.  In the masterful drawings, Club Social, Field Trip, and Special Forces, Arneson depicts night...
Corcoran Gallery of Art: Picturing the Banjo
"For more than two centuries, the banjo has played an integral role in American history and culture and has inspired an eclectic array of artists," said Sarah Cash, the Corcoran's Bechhoefer Curator of American Art. "A highlight of the Corcoran...
Blaffer Gallery, University of Texas: Single Channel: Collaborating with the Moving Image
"Exhibiting films and videos as visual installations alongside formal screenings in a gallery setting is something new for Microcinema and we are excited about the prospects for the viewers as well as the filmmakers," comments Patrick Kwiatkowsk...
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard: A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Highlighting an Extraordinary Range of Photographic Practice
The title of the exhibition comes from a 1967 Harvard Alumni Bulletin article reporting the establishment of the Carpenter Center collection and heralding photography as “a new kind of historic evidence.” The collection contains some of photograph...
Cleveland Museum of Art: Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the Nineteenth Century
During the 19th century, in both European and American art, the landscape emerged as a subject of profound significance. As industry flourished, many artists turned to nature as an escape. Nature Sublime will examine the ways that the major artist...
Centre for Contemporary Photography: Four Exhibitions Open Today: THE ART BAR by Nat & Ali, Matthew Sleeth's TOUR OF DUTY, Jack Sweetman and James Cecil's LOCATION, John Tonkin's MENISCUS
Nat & Ali Present
THE ART BAR
Gallery One Collaborative artist team Nat & Ali present THE ART BAR, a mixed media installation/event transforming CCP's front gallery into a public bar and artist hang-out. Surrounded by atmospheric l...
Citibank: Kathryn Henneman: Empowering the Dream
The passion with which she has embraced her new surroundings is exceeded by her passion for her craft. “Painting is the rhythm of my life,” Henneman says. The abstract impressionist artist has been painting professionally for the last 20 y...

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