Daniel Maclise

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Daniel Maclise, portrait photography around 1855
The authors of Fraser’s , Engraving from a drawing by Daniel Maclise in Fraser’s Magazine, January 11, 1835

Daniel Maclise RA (born January 25, 1806 in Cork , Ireland , † April 25, 1870 in Chelsea ) was an Irish painter .

Life

Maclise studied at the local art school and was accepted by the Royal Academy of Arts ( London ) in 1828 . In the following year, he made his debut with a Malvolio portrait ( Shakespeare ) at the annual Academy exhibition . The following year he exhibited portraits and toured France . In 1831 he won the gold medal for his painting Choice of Hercules . He also provided numerous sketches and caricatures as well as many pictures of seals for Fraser's Magazine .

In the Royal Academy of Arts he was elected as a candidate member in 1835 and 1840 as a full member.

In 1844 and 1855 he visited Paris and the latter year Italy . In 1857 he completed a gallery of sketches from the history of the Norman conquest of England. In 1859 he went to Berlin to the Stereochromie to study, and painted in this manner, the large murals: The encounter Blucher and Wellington at Bellealliancestraße and Nelson's death (1864 completed) in the Royal Gallery.

The Death of Nelson , Study for a Wall Painting for the Palace of Westminster, 1859–64 ( Walker Art Gallery )

In 1981 the Art Society in Cork was named Maclise Art Society in his memory .

literature

  • James Dafforne: Pictures by Daniel Maclise. With descriptions and a biographical sketch of the painter. Virtue, Spalding and Daldy, London 1880 ( archive.org )
  • Nancy Weston: Daniel Maclise. An Irish artist in Victorian London . Four Courts Press, Dublin 2001, ISBN 1-85182-574-6 .
  • Maclise, Daniel . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 17 : Lord Chamberlain - Mecklenburg . London 1911, p. 262 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

Commons : Daniel Maclise  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Maclise, RA in the database of the Royal Academy of Arts , English, accessed on May 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Description of the picture on the Walker Art Gallery website (accessed on May 23, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Maclise, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Cork , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1870
Place of death Chelsea (London)