Portrét Edward Lear

List of the 100 Most Famous Paintings by Edward Lear

Aktualizované október 2026 · zoradené podľa našej miery popularity (vyhľadávanie, návštevy a objednávky pre každou prácu) · 419 dielov umelca Edward Lear v našom katalógu

Súhrn

The most widely known painting by Edward Lear is Cogoleto, Italy. 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.

1812 – 1888, Londýn Romanticism Najviac diel: Yale Center for British Art
Cogoleto, Italy od Edward Lear1. Cogoleto, Italy Crescenza od Edward Lear2. Crescenza Blue And Yellow Macaw od Edward Lear3. Blue And Yellow Macaw

Edward Lear: the 10 principal paintings

1
Cogoleto, Italy od Edward Lear

Cogoleto, Italy

Watercolor

The sun rests upon a sandy shore in Cogoleto, Italy. A mountain rises in the background, its silhouette watching over the water. Along the edge of the sea, small figures move through the light. Some people gather near the tide, while others linger further away, lost in the vastness of the landscape. A single dog wanders toward the right, a small presence against the expanse of the beach. The scene…

Reproductions of this work Full record
7
The Temple of Apollo at Bassae (1855) od Edward Lear

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae

1855 · Oil On Canvas · Fitzwilliam College, Kámbridž

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae emerge from a rugged landscape, defined by heavy stone columns that support a weathered roof structure. In the foreground, the primary temple dominates the view, its pillars standing as silent witnesses to a lost era. Beyond this central structure, two smaller temples are visible in the distance, partially obscured by the natural terrain. The composition places the viewer amidst a scattering…

Reproduction options Read the entry

Edward Lear: entries 11 to 100

11A Great Green Macaw od Edward LearA Great Green Macaw 12Great Sulphur Cockatoo (Plyctolophus Sulphureus) od Edward LearGreat Sulphur Cockatoo (Plyctolophus Sulphureus) 13Diano, South Of France od Edward LearDiano, South Of France 14Philae, Egypt (1863) od Edward LearPhilae, Egypt1863 · Yale Center for British Art 15The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso (1880) od Edward LearThe Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso1880 · Ashmolean Museum 16Between Olavano and Civitella (1842) od Edward LearBetween Olavano and Civitella1842 · Yale Center for British Art 17Civita Castellana (1839) od Edward LearCivita Castellana1839 18Hory Thermopýl (1852) od Edward LearHory Thermopýl1852 · Bristol Museum - Art Gallery 19A Study of Ferns, Civitella (1842) od Edward LearA Study of Ferns, Civitella1842 · Yale Center for British Art 20Landscape with Goatherd (1842) od Edward LearLandscape with Goatherd1842 · Yale Center for British Art 21Temple of Venus and Roma, Rome (1840) od Edward LearTemple of Venus and Roma, Rome1840 · Yale Center for British Art 22Rome, a View of the Forum from a Terrace (1841) od Edward LearRome, a View of the Forum from a Terrace1841 23Rome, a View of the Forum with the Temple of Venus (1841) od Edward LearRome, a View of the Forum with the Temple of Venus1841 24A View of the Roman Campagna, a Villa and Aqueduct in the Distance (1841) od Edward LearA View of the Roman Campagna, a Villa and Aqueduct in the Distance1841 25A View of the Roman Campagna with Travelers Passing a Ruined Brick Tomb, an Aqueduct in the Distance (1841) od Edward LearA View of the Roman Campagna with Travelers Passing a Ruined Brick Tomb, an Aqueduct in the Distance1841 26Study of Rocks, Shrubs, and Tree Trunks at Monte Casale near Sansepolcro, Tuscany (1842) od Edward LearStudy of Rocks, Shrubs, and Tree Trunks at Monte Casale near Sansepolcro, Tuscany1842 27Venosa (1852) od Edward LearVenosa1852 · Toledo Museum of Art 28Corfu from near the Village of Virós (1858) od Edward LearCorfu from near the Village of Virós1858 · Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art 29Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives (1858) od Edward LearJerusalem from the Mount of Olives1858 · Izraelské múzeum 30Corfu from Ascension (1860) od Edward LearCorfu from Ascension1860 · Yale Center for British Art 31Corfu from Ascension (1862) od Edward LearCorfu from Ascension1862 · Yale Center for British Art 32Corfu from Santa Decca (1862) od Edward LearCorfu from Santa Decca1862 · Yale Center for British Art 33Butrinto, Albania (1861) od Edward LearButrinto, Albania1861 · Yale Center for British Art 34Zagori, Greece (1860) od Edward LearZagori, Greece1860 · Yale Center for British Art 35Masada on the Dead Sea (1858) od Edward LearMasada on the Dead Sea1858 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 36View of the Ducal Palace, Massa, Northern Italy (1858) od Edward LearView of the Ducal Palace, Massa, Northern Italy1858 37View in the Campagna, Rome (with a River) (1861) od Edward LearView in the Campagna, Rome (with a River)1861 38View in the Campagna, Rome (with Ruins) (1861) od Edward LearView in the Campagna, Rome (with Ruins)1861 39View of Florence from Villa San Firenze (1862) od Edward LearView of Florence from Villa San Firenze1862 · Government Art Collection 40Corfu (1863) od Edward LearCorfu1863 41The Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica (1869) od Edward LearThe Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica1869 · Yale Center for British Art 42Denderah on the Nile (1867) od Edward LearDenderah on the Nile1867 43Feluccas on the Nile near Abu-Simbel (1867) od Edward LearFeluccas on the Nile near Abu-Simbel1867 44A Distant View of Nice from the Hills (1864) od Edward LearA Distant View of Nice from the Hills1864 45Thermopylae (1872) od Edward LearThermopylae1872 · Ashmolean Museum 46Kinchinjunga (1877) od Edward LearKinchinjunga1877 · Yale Center for British Art 47Campagna di Roma (1878) od Edward LearCampagna di Roma1878 48Buon Ricovero, in the Roman Campagna (1878) od Edward LearBuon Ricovero, in the Roman Campagna1878 49Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling (1879) od Edward LearKangchenjunga from Darjeeling1879 · Yale Center for British Art 50The Marble Rocks - Nerbudda Jubbolpore (1882) od Edward LearThe Marble Rocks - Nerbudda Jubbolpore1882 · Yale Center for British Art 51Argos from Mycene (1884) od Edward LearArgos from Mycene1884 52A View of Adam's Peak, Ceylon (1882) od Edward LearA View of Adam's Peak, Ceylon1882 · Government Art Collection 53Snowy Owl od Edward LearSnowy Owl 54Villa Borghese, Rome od Edward LearVilla Borghese, Rome 55Studies Of Sheep And Herdsmen od Edward LearStudies Of Sheep And Herdsmen 56Views In Rome And Its Environs 2 od Edward LearViews In Rome And Its Environs 2 57Opposite Calvi od Edward LearOpposite Calvi 58Arabs Approaching Mount Sinai od Edward LearArabs Approaching Mount Sinai 59Bocche Di Cattaro, Montenegro od Edward LearBocche Di Cattaro, Montenegro 60Palaiukhora, Crete od Edward LearPalaiukhora, Crete 61Naples, Italy od Edward LearNaples, Italy 62Katholikó Akrotiri, Crete od Edward LearKatholikó Akrotiri, Crete 63Damascus 3 od Edward LearDamascus 3 64View Of Sermoneta, Italy od Edward LearView Of Sermoneta, Italy 65Arkodyllus, Corfu od Edward LearArkodyllus, Corfu 66View Of Jerusalem 1 od Edward LearView Of Jerusalem 1 67The Monastery Of Baarlam, Meteora od Edward LearThe Monastery Of Baarlam, Meteora 68Windermere From Lowwood, Cumbria od Edward LearWindermere From Lowwood, Cumbria 69View Of Philae od Edward LearView Of Philae 70Musta, Malta od Edward LearMusta, Malta 71Modica, Sicily od Edward LearModica, Sicily 72A View Of Sorrento, Italy od Edward LearA View Of Sorrento, Italy 73Parnassus od Edward LearParnassus 74Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore, Italy od Edward LearIsola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore, Italy 75A View Of Santa Maura, Levkas, Ionian Islands od Edward LearA View Of Santa Maura, Levkas, Ionian Islands 76Corfu From The Hill Of Gastouri od Edward LearCorfu From The Hill Of Gastouri 77Pompey's Pillar od Edward LearPompey's Pillar 78Figures On The Shore Near Edfu od Edward LearFigures On The Shore Near Edfu 79Joannina, Epirus, Albania od Edward LearJoannina, Epirus, Albania 80Travellers On A Road, Subiaco, Italy od Edward LearTravellers On A Road, Subiaco, Italy 81The Pyramids Road od Edward LearThe Pyramids Road 82View Of Eze, Côte D'azur, France 1 od Edward LearView Of Eze, Côte D'azur, France 1 83An Arab Encampment In Wadi Feiran, Egypt od Edward LearAn Arab Encampment In Wadi Feiran, Egypt 84The Claudian Aqueduct On The Via Appia Near Rome od Edward LearThe Claudian Aqueduct On The Via Appia Near Rome 85A Distant View Of Mdina, Malta od Edward LearA Distant View Of Mdina, Malta 86Galata, Constantinople od Edward LearGalata, Constantinople 87Benares On The Ganges od Edward LearBenares On The Ganges 88Sunrise At Erment, Egypt od Edward LearSunrise At Erment, Egypt 89Porto Maurizio, Italy od Edward LearPorto Maurizio, Italy 90The Nile Above Aswan od Edward LearThe Nile Above Aswan 91A View Of Pauna, In The Ionian Islands od Edward LearA View Of Pauna, In The Ionian Islands 92View Of Ratnapura, Ceylon od Edward LearView Of Ratnapura, Ceylon 93Stairs Leading To S. Pietro In Vincoli od Edward LearStairs Leading To S. Pietro In Vincoli 94Mount Oeta And Thermopylae From Near Lamia od Edward LearMount Oeta And Thermopylae From Near Lamia 95Damascus od Edward LearDamascus 96Arabs At Mount Sinai, Egypt od Edward LearArabs At Mount Sinai, Egypt 97View Of Cythera, Greece od Edward LearView Of Cythera, Greece 98The Upper Nile, Toske, Egypt od Edward LearThe Upper Nile, Toske, Egypt 99Saffron-Coloured Aracari And Golden-Green Aracari od Edward LearSaffron-Coloured Aracari And Golden-Green Aracari 100Prince Of Wales Road, Malta od Edward LearPrince Of Wales Road, Malta

Principal subjects in the work of Edward Lear

The four subjects most frequently represented among these works, each with its best-known example.

Landscape 11 diel

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae (1855), Edward Lear #7 The Temple of Apollo at Bassae 1855 · Fitzwilliam College Philae, Egypt (1863), Edward Lear #14 Philae, Egypt 1863 · Yale Center for British Art The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso (1880), Edward Lear #15 The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso 1880 · Ashmolean Museum Thermopylae (1872), Edward Lear #45 Thermopylae 1872 · Ashmolean Museum

Scenes 11 diel

View Of Eze, Italy, Edward Lear #9 View Of Eze, Italy View of the Ducal Palace, Massa, Northern Italy (1858), Edward Lear #36 View of the Ducal Palace, Massa, Northern Italy 1858 A Distant View of Nice from the Hills (1864), Edward Lear #44 A Distant View of Nice from the Hills 1864 View Of Philae, Edward Lear #69 View Of Philae

Italy 11 diel

View in the Campagna, Rome (with a River) (1861), Edward Lear #37 View in the Campagna, Rome (with a River) 1861 Buon Ricovero, in the Roman Campagna (1878), Edward Lear #48 Buon Ricovero, in the Roman Campagna 1878 Villa Borghese, Rome, Edward Lear #54 Villa Borghese, Rome Naples, Italy, Edward Lear #61 Naples, Italy

Mountains 8 diel

Ithaca, Ionian Islands, Edward Lear #10 Ithaca, Ionian Islands Between Olavano and Civitella (1842), Edward Lear #16 Between Olavano and Civitella 1842 · Yale Center for British Art Arabs At Mount Sinai, Egypt, Edward Lear #96 Arabs At Mount Sinai, Egypt View Of Cythera, Greece, Edward Lear #97 View Of Cythera, Greece

Edward Lear: holding museums

8 múzeá, v ktorých sa nachádza najviac obrazov z tejto stránky.

Múzeá Mesto Diela umelca Edward Lear Obrazy z tohto zoznamu
Yale Center for British Art, New HavenYale Center for British Art New Haven 16 Philae, Egypt, Between Olavano and Civitella, A Study of Ferns, Civitella
Government Art Collection, LondínGovernment Art Collection Londín 5 View of Florence from Villa San Firenze, A View of Adam's Peak, Ceylon
Ashmolean Museum, OxfordAshmolean Museum Oxford 3 The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso, Thermopylae
Izraelské múzeum, JeruzalemIzraelské múzeum Jeruzalem 2 View of Bethlehem, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
Fitzwilliam College, KámbridžFitzwilliam College Kámbridž 1 The Temple of Apollo at Bassae
Bristol Museum - Art Gallery, BristolBristol Museum - Art Gallery Bristol 1 Hory Thermopýl
Toledo Museum of Art, ToledoToledo Museum of Art Toledo 1 Venosa
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, ProvidenceRhode Island School of Design Museum of Art Providence 1 Corfu from near the Village of Virós

Edward Lear: principal painting of each decade

Diela podľa dekád

Select a decade to display its principal painting.

Edward Lear's paintings: reference questions

Which painting by Edward Lear is the most widely known?Display the answer

Cogoleto, Italy. The following entries are Crescenza and Blue And Yellow Macaw.

Which ten paintings by Edward Lear are the best known?Display the answer

Cogoleto, Italy, Crescenza, Blue And Yellow Macaw, View of Taormina in Sicily with Etna in the distance, View of Bethlehem, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, The Temple of Apollo at Bassae, Plains Of Ashdod, Israel, View Of Eze, Italy a Ithaca, Ionian Islands. The list above records the date and holding museum of each.

How many works by Edward Lear are documented?Display the answer

The catalogue records 419 works by Edward Lear, dated between 1839 and 1884.

Which museums hold the best-known paintings of Edward Lear?Display the answer

Principally in Yale Center for British Art (New Haven), Government Art Collection (Londín) a Ashmolean Museum (Oxford). The museum table above gives the full distribution.

In which period were Edward Lear's best-known works painted?Display the answer

In 1860s: 14 of the 100 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including Philae, Egypt.

Which are the earliest and latest dated works by Edward Lear on this list?Display the answer

The earliest dated work listed here is Civita Castellana (1839); the latest is Argos from Mycene (1884).

Which subjects recur most in the work of Edward Lear?Display the answer

Landscape (11), Scenes (11) a Italy (11), out of the 100 works listed on this page.

Which medium predominates in the work of Edward Lear?Display the answer

Watercolor, in 2 of the 100 works listed on this page.

With which art movement is Edward Lear associated?Display the answer

Romanticism, as documented by the works on this page.

Which works by Edward Lear are in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art?Display the answer

Philae, Egypt, Between Olavano and Civitella a 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.

Are reproductions of paintings by Edward Lear available?Display the answer

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.

Edward Lear: biographical notes

A Life Painted in Nonsense and Light

Edward Lear, meno spájajúce sa s divokým veršovaním a nádherne zvláštnymi ilustráciami, bol oveľa viac ako len tvorca limeríkov a fantastických stvoriteľov, ktoré často definujú jeho dedičstvo. Narodil sa v roku 1812 v Holloway, na severnom Londýne, do rodiny s dvadsiatimi jednými deťmi, Learov rané roky boli poznačené finančnou nestabilitou a rozväzovaním umeleckého talentu. Jeho otec, Jeremiah Lear, čelil ťažkostiam po Napoleonských vojnách, čo prinútilo mladého Edwarda začať zarobovať si život kreslením už v pätnástich rokoch. Táto potreba však rozžiarlila trvalú vášeň, ktorá ho priviedla na kontinenty a zachytávala svet v živých farbách a hravých líniách. Tieň rodinných ťažkostí, spojený s ranými zdravotnými problémami – vrátane epilepsie a zábleskov melancholie, ktoré označoval ako „Morbidy“ – v Learovi zanechal pocit jemnej osamelosti a sklon k imaginatívnemu úniku, vlastnosti, ktoré hlboko odrážajú jeho umenie a písanie.

Od Ornithologickej Precíznosti po Obrazovú Ústrednosť

Learova umelecká cesta sa začala s precíznym presnosťou. Počas pôsobenia v Zoologickom spolhozeniu sa špecializoval na ilustrovanie vtakov a zvierat, preukazujúc pozoruhodný zrak na detail a anatomickú presnosť. Táto skorá práca ho priviedla k Edwardovi Stanleymu, 13. grófovi Derbyovému, ktorý ho povzbudil vytvoriť ilustrácie pre exotické tvory v jeho súkromnom meniteľskom dvore Knowsley Hall. Tieto roky strávené medzi samotiarmi, tyrmi a papagajmi ne len zlepšili jeho draftovanie, ale aj posilnili hlbokú spojitosť s prírodou – spojitosť, ktorá sa neskôr prejavila v jeho krajinách. Avšak zhoršujúce sa zrakové problémy a respiračné ťažkosti ho nakoniec odosúdili k odmietnutiu náročných požiadaviek ornitologickej ilustrácie. Namiesto toho sa obrátil na krajinskú tvorbu, vydal sa na rozsiahle cesty po Európe a ďalej. Taliansko sa stalo osobitným útočiskom pre jeho zdravie, ponúkol nie len úľavu od neho, ale aj množstvo inšpiratívnych scenérií. Jeho krajinky sú charakterizované jedinečnou kombináciou topografickej presnosti a atmosférickej citlivosti, často zobrazovaných v jemných farbách vodovozne, ktoré zachytávajú jemné nuansy svetla a tieňa.

Poet Nonsense: Svět bez hranic

Aj keď je oslavovaný ako malár, Edward Lear je možno najmä spájaný s jeho literárnymi prínosmi. Jeho „nonsense“ poézia – najmä limeríky – zmenila krajinu detskej literatúry a zaujala publikum všetkých vekových kategórií. *A Book of Nonsense*, vydaný v roku 1846 pod pseudonymom Derry down Derry, predstavil svet obyvaný lírami, mačkami a ryžami plávajúcimi na zelenobielej lodi, dongmi s luminóznou noskou a ďalšími nádherne zvláštnymi kreáciami. Tieto verše neboli len hravé; boli naplnené jemnou melanchóliou a hravým podvrchom konvencie logiky, zakryté v závere zábavnej frivolite. Lear nedokonal len nesprávne slova; vytvoril celý svet riadený vlastnými vnútornými pravidlami, pozývajúce čitateľov, aby si odložili pochybnosti a prijali radosti fantázie. *The Owl and the Pussy-Cat*, možno jeho najznámejšia poézia, zostáva milovaným klasickým dielom, ktorého trvalý záujem pramení z lyrického rytmu a sugestívnych obrazov.

Inšpirácie a umelecký rozvoj

  • Raná vplyvnosť: Learova skorá umelecká príprava sa sústredila na vedeckú ilustráciu, ktorá si vyžadovala presnosť a pozorovanie. Táto základňa formovala jeho precízny prístup k detailu, aj keď neskôr prijal expresívnejšie štýly.
  • Cestovanie a krajinská tvorba: Jeho rozsiahle cesty po Taliansku, Grécku, Egypte a ďaleko za hranice ovplyvnili jeho krajinské diela. Vyučil si svetlo, farby a textúry týchto rôznych oblastí, rozvíjajúc jedinečný štýl charakterizovaný topografickou presnosťou a jemným štetcom.
  • Literárna inšpirácia: Hoci popularizoval limerík, Lear bol tiež inšpirovaný skoršími tradíciami nonsensovej poézie. Jeho jedinečnou prínosom bolo jeho schopnosť vniesť do tejto formy emocionálnu hĺbku a lyrickú krásu.
  • Osobné skúsenosti: Learove celoživotné boje s zdravotnými problémami a melanchóliou hlboko ovplyvnili jeho umelecké videnie. Jemná osamelosť a túžba, ktoré sa prejavujú v mnohých jeho dielach, odrážajú jeho vlastné osobné skúsenosti.

Historická Dôležitost a Trvalý Odkaz

Edward Learova inštancia sa rozprestierajú ďalej ako len detská literatúra. Revolucionalizoval formu poetického vyjadrenia, uvoľnil verše z pevných štruktúr a prijal hravú experimentálnosť. Jeho krajinky, aj keď sú často stlčené jeho poéziou, demonštrujú jeho umeleckú zručnosť a mašterstvo vodovozne. Bol to skutočný polymath – umelec, ilustrátor, hudobník a poet – ktorého rôzne talenty sa spojili do jedinečného a trvalého odkazu. Zriekol sa konvencia, rozmaznáva hranice medzi umením, literatúrou a hudbou. Jeho dielo stále inšpiruje umelcov, spisovateľov a snívajúcich, pripomínajúc nám moc fantázie a krásu prijímania absurdného. Jeho diela sa nachádzajú v prestížnych zbierkach ako Ashmolean Museum v Oxforde, čo je dôkaz jeho zručnosti ako krajinského malára. Learov život, poznačený ako osobnejými ťažkosťami, tak aj umeleckými triumfmi, slúži ako pútavá spomienka na to, že aj medzi tmou vždy existuje svetlo, smiech a nekonečné možnosti ľudského ducha.

Všetky 419 diela od Edward Lear →