The beauty of cruelty.(Sir Edwin Henry Landseer [English Painter, 1802-1873])

Apollo | July 1, 2005| | Copyright

Julian Treuherz reviews an exhibition in Edinburgh that shows Landseer at his superlative best--in the Highlands,

Landseer was one of the most successful of all nineteenth-century artists, yet he is still regarded with some distaste. His name calls to mind cheap chromolithographs of The Stag at Bay, that cliche of the seaside lodging house, whilst his penchant for gory sporting scenes, slavering dogs and heaps of dead game puts off the squeamish (and the animal rights supporter).

That this impression still lingers is due to over-familiarity through cheap ...

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