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An animal painter is an artist who specialises in (or is known for their skill in) the portrayal of animals. The OED dates the first express use of the term "animal painter" to the mid-18th century: by English physician , naturalist and writer John Berkenhout (1726–1791). [ 2 ]
An animalier (/ ˌ æ n ɪ m ə ˈ l ɪər, ˈ æ n ɪ m ə l ɪər /, UK also / ˌ æ n ɪ ˈ m æ l i eɪ /) is an artist, mainly from the 19th century, who specializes in, or is known for, skill in the realistic portrayal of animals. "Animal painter" is the more general term for earlier artists.
Richard Barrett Davis RBA (1782–1854) was an animal and landscape painter. [1] Davis was born at Watford in 1782. He studied under William Evans of Eton, under William Beechey, and in the schools of the Royal Academy, where he first exhibited in 1802. He joined the Society of British Artists in 1829, and was appointed animal painter to ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
James Ward was the paternal grandfather of the painter Henrietta Ward and the great-grandfather of Leslie Ward, the Vanity Fair caricaturist. [ 1 ] In 1830, Ward moved to Cheshunt ( Hertfordshire ) with his second wife, but he continued to work, particularly on religious themes.
Born in October 1843, Clark was the second Son to acclaimed animal painter, James Clark and his wife, Elizabeth who died when Albert was a child. Living with his father in a small town in Middlesex , South East England, Albert began to learn from James and started creating notable paintings of animals – namely horses – under the 19th ...
A Lion's Head (1878). In 1870 Hardy removed to St John's Wood in London and established himself as an animal painter. [7] In 1873 The Times commented on his picture of fighting lions exhibited at The Royal Academy, "...we do not remember such a daring and determined piece of savage animal painting from an English hand – few from any hand since Rubens.
Basing himself in London and Swaffham, Carter established himself as an animal painter, including wildlife and hunting scenes, and was the principal animal illustrator for the Illustrated London News from 1867 to 1889. He also worked as an animal portrait painter in his Norfolk locale, including obtaining commissions to paint clients' horses ...