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Hayden would take a number of Edwin's dog drawings and show them to Sir George Beaumont and a number of other members of the nobility. Haydon lent his drawings from his dissection of a lion which young Edwin copied. Haydon advised John Landseer to have his youngest son dissect animals in order to better understand their construction. The two elder brothers were given direct instruction by Haydon but it appears that Edwin was not. Seeking a new instructor for his three boys, John Landseer approached the English historical painter and writer Benjamin Haydon (1786-1846). These works were important, not just as the early works of a famous artist but as a return to providing animals with an expressiveness and humor that hadn't been seen since William Hogarth's (1697-1764) work.ġ815 also marks the year that all three of the Landseer boys would meet their third teacher. They were Portrait of a Mule and Portraits of a Pointer Bitch and Puppy. His father chronicled his activities in a submission to the periodical “Annals of Art” in which he called his son a promising student.Īt thirteen, Edwin's first successful oil paintings were shown at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1815. The Sporting Magazine published a number of his early studies. One of the more famous of these collaborations was a plate of an Alpine mastiff named Lion drawn by Edwin when he was thirteen.Īs Edwin's skills grew, so did his fame. There were a number of other early well-received engravings including the heads of a lion and tiger – a work thought to truly exemplify the talent of the young prodigy.Ī number of Edwin's sketches were etched by his other elder brother Thomas. It included an ass, a short-horned sheep, a second sheep and a boar. His submission that year was comprised of a single engraved plate with a number of subjects. Landseer” was an “honorary exhibitor” at the Royal Academy when he was only eight years old. His father reminisced in later years about lifting a six or seven year old Edwin over a stile to be able to sketch the sheep and cows that had been grazing on the other side. The family also had at least one daughter.Įdwin's early subjects included donkeys, goats and sheep.

Charles (1799-1879) would become a figure painter and architect and Thomas (1796-1880) would become an accomplished engraver. Believing that the natural world was the best teacher of art, John took his sons out to the fields of Hampstead Heath to observe and sketch the animals who grazed there. His father, John Landseer (1769-1852) was a well-regarded engraver and Edwin's first teacher. His mother is rarely mentioned but the former Miss Potts was identified as having sat for Sir Joshua Reynolds for The Gleaners, with a sheaf of corn on her head in Macklin's Family Picture. (Edwin Landseer portrait by George Edward Perine 1837-1885.)Įdwin was born in London in 1802. His paintings of animals with human characteristics became his trademark, which only seems fitting as his career began by drawing and sketching animals. (e.g.Edwin Henry Landseer became one of England's most famous and beloved artists. Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French) National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:ĭ'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream: Titania and Bottom Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, England Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts NEW!Īberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, ScotlandĪmgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, CardiffĪrt Gallery of Greater Victoria, British ColumbiaĪshmolean Museum at the University of Oxford, UKĬarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaĬhristchurch Art Gallery / Te Puna O Waiwhetu, New Zealand Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh NEW! Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW! Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) 'The pot of Gartocharn', Drymen, Stirlingshire, 1830 Sir Edwin Henry Landseer at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michiganįitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide: Art Institute of Chicago NEW! Commercial Galleries: Galleries: We invite you to register and list your site (no charge for this service) Original works by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer available for purchase at art galleries worldwide