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Résumé
The most widely known painting by Edward Lear is Cogoleto, Italie. The next entries are Crescenza and Blue And Yellow Macaw. The catalogue documents 419 works by Edward Lear; the 100 entries below are the best known, listed in rank order with date, holding museum and description.
Le soleil repose sur une rive sablonneuse à Cogoleto, en Italie. En arrière-plan, une montagne s'élève, sa silhouette veillant sur l'eau. Le long du bord de mer, de petites silhouettes se déplacent à travers la lumière. Certains individus se rassemblent près de la marée, tandis que d'autres s'attardent plus loin, perdus dans l'immensité du paysage. Un chien solitaire erre vers la droite, petite présence face à l'étendue de la plage.…
Les ruines du Temple d'Apollon à Bassae émergent d'un paysage accidenté, sculpté par de lourdes colonnes de pierre qui soutiennent une structure de toit érodée par le temps. Au premier plan, le temple principal domine la vue, ses piliers se dressant comme les témoins silencieux d'une ère disparue. Au-delà de cette structure centrale, deux temples plus modestes se devinent à l'horizon, partiellement dissimulés par le relief naturel. La composition plonge…
A Great Green Macaw
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Great Sulphur Cockatoo (Plyctolophus Sulphureus)
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Diano, South Of France
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Philae, Égypte1863 · Yale Center for British Art
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Les Plaines de Lombardie depuis le Monte Generoso1880 · The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
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Between Olavano and Civitella1842 · Yale Center for British Art
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Civita Castellana1839
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Les montagnes de Thermopyles1852 · Bristol Museum - Art Gallery
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A Study of Ferns, Civitella1842 · Yale Center for British Art
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Landscape with Goatherd1842 · Yale Center for British Art
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Temple of Venus and Roma, Rome1840 · Yale Center for British Art
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Rome, a View of the Forum from a Terrace1841
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Rome, a View of the Forum with the Temple of Venus1841
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A View of the Roman Campagna, a Villa and Aqueduct in the Distance1841
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A View of the Roman Campagna with Travelers Passing a Ruined Brick Tomb, an Aqueduct in the Distance1841
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Study of Rocks, Shrubs, and Tree Trunks at Monte Casale near Sansepolcro, Tuscany1842
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Venosa1852 · Toledo Museum of Art
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Corfu from near the Village of Virós1858 · Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
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Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives1858 · Musée d'Israël
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Corfu from Ascension1860 · Yale Center for British Art
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Corfu from Ascension1862 · Yale Center for British Art
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Corfu from Santa Decca1862 · Yale Center for British Art
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Butrinto, Albania1861 · Yale Center for British Art
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Zagori, Greece1860 · Yale Center for British Art
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Masada on the Dead Sea1858 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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View of the Ducal Palace, Massa, Northern Italy1858
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View in the Campagna, Rome (with a River)1861
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View in the Campagna, Rome (with Ruins)1861
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View of Florence from Villa San Firenze1862 · Collection d’art gouvernementale
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Corfu1863
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The Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica1869 · Yale Center for British Art
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Denderah on the Nile1867
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Feluccas on the Nile near Abu-Simbel1867
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A Distant View of Nice from the Hills1864
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Thermopyles1872 · The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
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Kinchinjunga1877 · Yale Center for British Art
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Campagna di Roma1878
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Buon Ricovero, in the Roman Campagna1878
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Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling1879 · Yale Center for British Art
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The Marble Rocks - Nerbudda Jubbolpore1882 · Yale Center for British Art
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Argos from Mycene1884
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A View of Adam's Peak, Ceylon1882 · Collection d’art gouvernementale
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Snowy Owl
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Villa Borghese, Rome
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Studies Of Sheep And Herdsmen
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Views In Rome And Its Environs 2
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Opposite Calvi
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Arabs Approaching Mount Sinai
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Bocche Di Cattaro, Montenegro
60
Palaiukhora, Crete
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Naples, Italy
62
Katholikó Akrotiri, Crete
63
Damascus 3
64
View Of Sermoneta, Italy
65
Arkodyllus, Corfu
66
View Of Jerusalem 1
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The Monastery Of Baarlam, Meteora
68
Windermere From Lowwood, Cumbria
69
View Of Philae
70
Musta, Malta
71
Modica, Sicily
72
A View Of Sorrento, Italy
73
Parnassus
74
Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore, Italy
75
A View Of Santa Maura, Levkas, Ionian Islands
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Corfu From The Hill Of Gastouri
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Pompey's Pillar
78
Figures On The Shore Near Edfu
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Joannina, Epirus, Albania
80
Travellers On A Road, Subiaco, Italy
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The Pyramids Road
82
View Of Eze, Côte D'azur, France 1
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An Arab Encampment In Wadi Feiran, Egypt
84
The Claudian Aqueduct On The Via Appia Near Rome
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A Distant View Of Mdina, Malta
86
Galata, Constantinople
87
Benares On The Ganges
88
Sunrise At Erment, Egypt
89
Porto Maurizio, Italy
90
The Nile Above Aswan
91
A View Of Pauna, In The Ionian Islands
92
View Of Ratnapura, Ceylon
93
Stairs Leading To S. Pietro In Vincoli
94
Mount Oeta And Thermopylae From Near Lamia
95
Damascus
96
Arabs At Mount Sinai, Egypt
97
View Of Cythera, Greece
98
The Upper Nile, Toske, Egypt
99
Saffron-Coloured Aracari And Golden-Green Aracari
100
Prince Of Wales Road, Malta
The four subjects most frequently represented among these works, each with its best-known example.
Les 8 musées qui détiennent la plupart des peintures de cette page.
| Musée | Ville | Œuvres de Edward Lear | Peintures de cette liste |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yale Center for British Art |
New Haven | 16 | Philae, Égypte, Between Olavano and Civitella, A Study of Ferns, Civitella |
 Collection d’art gouvernementale |
Londres | 5 | View of Florence from Villa San Firenze, A View of Adam's Peak, Ceylon |
 The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology |
Oxford | 3 | Les Plaines de Lombardie depuis le Monte Generoso, Thermopyles |
 Musée d'Israël |
Jérusalem | 2 | View of Bethlehem, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives |
 Fitzwilliam College |
Cambridge | 1 | Le Temple d'Apollon à Bassae |
 Bristol Museum - Art Gallery |
Bristol | 1 | Les montagnes de Thermopyles |
 Toledo Museum of Art |
Toledo | 1 | Venosa |
 Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art |
Providence | 1 | Corfu from near the Village of Virós |
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Between Olavano and Civitella by Edward Lear presents a serene and atmospheric landscape. In the right foreground, a large, detailed tree dominates the composition, its heavy branches extending over a dirt path. The bark of the tree appears gnarled and textured. Near a stone structure in the mid-ground, small figures of people and a pack animal are positioned, providing a sense of scale to the surrounding environment. The background opens…
L'œuvre d'Edward Lear, « Philae, Égypte, 1863 », n'est pas un simple paysage ; c'est un portail. Cette vue méticuleusement rendue de la cité insulaire égyptienne antique de Philaé, nichée dans l'étreinte d'un vaste lac miroitant, nous invite à remonter le temps pour expérimenter la sérénité et la grandeur de ce site autrefois sacré. La scène se déploie avec une dignité tranquille : une chaîne de montagnes majestueuse domine l'arrière-plan,…
Dans la majesté tranquille de Les Plaines de Lombardie depuis le Monte Generoso, nous sommes invités à nous tenir au bord d'un précipice où l'histoire rencontre la nature. Créée en 1880 par le maître du paysage et de l'imaginaire, Edward Lear, cette huile sur toile est bien plus qu'un simple relevé topographique ; c'est un voyage émotionnel au cœur du paysage européen. Le tableau capture la grandeur impétueuse des plaines…
Cogoleto, Italie. The following entries are Crescenza and Blue And Yellow Macaw.
Cogoleto, Italie, Crescenza, Blue And Yellow Macaw, View of Taormina in Sicily with Etna in the distance, View of Bethlehem, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, Le Temple d'Apollon à Bassae, Plains Of Ashdod, Israel, View Of Eze, Italy et Ithaca, Ionian Islands. The list above records the date and holding museum of each.
The catalogue records 419 works by Edward Lear, dated between 1839 and 1884.
Principally in Yale Center for British Art (New Haven), Collection d’art gouvernementale (Londres) et The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Oxford). The museum table above gives the full distribution.
In 1860s: 14 of the 100 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including Philae, Égypte.
The earliest dated work listed here is Civita Castellana (1839); the latest is Argos from Mycene (1884).
Scenes (11), Italy (11) et Landscape (7), out of the 100 works listed on this page.
Huile sur toile, in 2 of the 100 works listed on this page.
Romantisme, as documented by the works on this page.
Philae, Égypte, Between Olavano and Civitella et A Study of Ferns, Civitella are among the 14 works on this page in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.
Yes. Each work listed on this page can be ordered from its own entry as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in a size of your choice.
