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Palmer, Samuel
Palmer, Samuel (b London, 27 Jan. 1805; d Redhill, Surrey, 24 May 1881). English landscape painter and etcher. He was precocious, exhibiting landscape drawings at the Royal Academy when he was only 14. In 1822 he met John Linnell, who introduced him to William Blake in 1824. Palmer had had visionary experiences from childhood and the effect of Blake upon him was to intensify his inherent mystical leanings. In 1826 he moved to Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he was the central figure of the group of artists known as the Ancients and produced what are now his most famous works—landscapes charged with a sense of pantheistic fecundity and otherworldly beauty. In about 1832 what he called his ‘primitive and infantine feeling’ for landscape began to fade, and after returning to London in 1835, marrying Linnell's daughter in 1837, and spending a two-year honeymoon in Italy, the break with his visionary manner was complete. His later paintings were in a much more conventional topographical or pastoral mode, highly wrought and often sentimental in feeling. In his etchings, however, something of his early genius remained; at his death he was working on an edition of Virgil's Eclogues, translated and illustrated by himself. His early work was virtually forgotten until the 1920s, but it subsequently influenced modern romantic landscape artists such as Paul Nash and Graham Sutherland. Palmer was also the favourite subject for the notorious forger Tom Keating (1917–84), whose work was exposed amid great publicity in 1976.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Palmer, Samuel." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Palmer, Samuel." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-PalmerSamuel.html IAN CHILVERS. "Palmer, Samuel." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-PalmerSamuel.html |
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Palmer, Samuel
Palmer, Samuel (1805–81). English landscape painter and etcher. He was precocious, exhibiting landscape drawings at the Royal Academy when he was only 14. In 1822 he met John Linnell, who introduced him to William Blake in 1824. Palmer had had visionary experiences from childhood and the effect of Blake upon him was to intensify an inherent mystical bent. In 1826 he moved to Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he was the central figure of the group of artists known as the Ancients and produced what are now his most famous works—landscapes charged with a sense of pantheistic fecundity and other-worldly beauty. In about 1832 what he called his ‘primitive and infantine feeling’ for landscape began to fade, and after returning to London in 1835, marrying Linnell's daughter in 1837, and spending a two-year honeymoon in Italy, the break with his visionary manner was complete. His later paintings were in a much more conventional topographical or pastoral mode, highly-wrought and often sentimental in feeling. In his etchings, however, something of his early genius remained; at his death he was working on an edition of Virgil's Eclogues, translated and illustrated by himself. His early work was virtually forgotten until the 1920s, but it subsequently influenced modern romantic landscape artists such as Paul Nash and Graham Sutherland (see Neo-Romanticism).
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IAN CHILVERS. "Palmer, Samuel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Palmer, Samuel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-PalmerSamuel.html IAN CHILVERS. "Palmer, Samuel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-PalmerSamuel.html |
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Palmer, Samuel
Palmer, Samuel (1805–81). English landscape painter and etcher. The son of a nonconformist bookseller, Palmer's was a learned and religious childhood. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy at 14 and through the painter John Linnell (later his father-in-law) met William Blake. In Blake's work, Palmer saw the means to express his own mystical tendencies and he became the most outstanding of Blake's followers. In 1826 Palmer moved to Shoreham (Kent). During his seven years there he produced his most exciting and visionary work (In a Shoreham Garden, The Magic Apple Tree). Following his return to London he married, then spent two years in Italy. From that point, what he described as his ‘primitive and infantine feeling’ faded and his work became more conventional. Examples of his painting may be seen in London at the Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum; in Oxford, Cambridge, and Manchester.
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JOHN CANNON. "Palmer, Samuel." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Palmer, Samuel." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-PalmerSamuel.html JOHN CANNON. "Palmer, Samuel." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-PalmerSamuel.html |
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Palmer, Samuel
Palmer, Samuel (1805–81). English landscape painter and etcher. The son of a nonconformist bookseller, Palmer's was a learned and religious childhood. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy at 14 and through the painter John Linnell (later his father‐in‐law) met William Blake. In Blake's work, Palmer saw the means to express his own mystical tendencies and he became the most outstanding of Blake's followers. In 1826 Palmer moved to Shoreham (Kent). During his seven years there he produced his most exciting and visionary work (In a Shoreham Garden, The Magic Apple Tree).
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JOHN CANNON. "Palmer, Samuel." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Palmer, Samuel." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-PalmerSamuel.html JOHN CANNON. "Palmer, Samuel." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-PalmerSamuel.html |
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Samuel Palmer
Samuel Palmer 1805-81, English landscape watercolorist, etcher, and mystic. Under the influence of William Blake he produced in sepia a series of remarkable visionary drawings of moonlit landscapes. Palmer is also known for his Italian and English landscapes in watercolor, his illustrations of Spenser and Milton, his translations of Vergil's Eclogues, and his etchings. He is represented in the National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, both in London.
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"Samuel Palmer." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Samuel Palmer." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Palmer-S.html "Samuel Palmer." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Palmer-S.html |
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Palmer, Samuel
Palmer, Samuel (1805–81) English Romantic landscape painter and graphic artist, the most important follower of William Blake. He enjoyed his most productive period at Shoreham, Kent (1826–35), where he was the focal point for a group of artists called ‘the Ancients’.
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"Palmer, Samuel." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Palmer, Samuel." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PalmerSamuel.html "Palmer, Samuel." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PalmerSamuel.html |
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