George Earl

George Earl

Infobox Artist
name = George Earl



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birthdate = 1824
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deathdate = 1908
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nationality = English
field = painting
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works = "The Field Trial Meeting"
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influenced = Maud Earl
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George Earl (1824–1908) was a painter, primarily of sporting dogs and other animals. He was also the father of Maud Earl and Percy Earl, and the brother of Thomas Earl, all three of whom were also animal artists.

Earl was a keen sportsman [http://www.burlington.co.uk/gallery/artist/biography?contentId=1519 George Earl biography] Biography on Burlington gallery website] and this is reflected in his work and reputation as a dog painter. He was also an early member of The Kennel Club. Although chiefly remembered as a canine artist due to his success depicting them, of the nineteen paintings Earl exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1857 and 1882 only two were of dogs [http://www.burlington.co.uk/gallery/artist/biography?contentId=1519 George Earl biography] Biography on Burlington gallery website] .

Notable works

*"The Field Trial Meeting" - A depiction of a mythical field trial set in Bala, North Wales. Earl included many of the famous dog trial faces of the day along with their animals. One such animal was 'Plunkett', the only Irish Setter depicted [http://www.nrsftc.com/The_Irish_Setter_In_Sport_And_Field_trials.htm The Irish Setter in Sport and Field Trials] John Nash]

*"Going North" and "Coming South" - Two pictures commissioned by Sir Andrew Barclay Walker of the Walker Brewery, the paintings are bustling narrative works depicting railway station life. Now owned by the National Railway Museum they were rescued in 1990 from a Liverpool pub (The Vines in Lime Street). "Going North" tells the story of a group of friends travelling from Kings Cross to Scotland for the summer grouse shooting season. The partner work "Coming South" shows the group a month later at Perth Station, about to make their return journey. [http://www.nrm.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/2002/earls.asp National Railway Museum] Press release on acquisition of "Going North" and "Coming South" (18 March 2002)] The works show much of the minutiae of Victorian station life and also include Earl's trademark sporting interests in the form of dogs and grouse.
*"Champions of England" - A series of portrait studies of dogs heads painted in the 1870s, the works were illustrated in a book of the same name. [http://www.burlington.co.uk/gallery/artist/biography?contentId=1519 George Earl biography] Biography on Burlington gallery website ]

References

External links

* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp82154 Photograph of Earl] (more specifically, an albumen "carte de visite") from the National Portrait Gallery


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