Edwin Landseer

(1802–1873) brittisk målare

Edwin Landseer (1802–1873) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Edwin Landseer belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Edwin Landseer was born in London and died in London. Edwin Landseer trained at Royal Academy of Arts. Edwin Landseer worked in London. Wikidata associates Edwin Landseer with Romanticism. Edwin Landseer became a member of Royal Academy of Arts. Edwin Landseer was awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order.

The best-known works include ‘Monarch of the Glen’, ‘A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society’, and ‘Laying Down the Law’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, animal art, and animal painting. The catalogue has 235 works by Edwin Landseer with free images. The dated works span the years 1804–1880. Works by Edwin Landseer are held by several collections, among them Royal Collection, Yale Center for British Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Tate.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Nepomucen Głowacki, Wincenty Kasprzycki, Wilhelm von Kügelgen, Heinrich Bürkel, and Édouard Desplechin.

• Romanticism
• Man Proposes, God Disposes
• Monarch of the Glen
• A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society
• Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream