Lionel Edwards

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name = Lionel Edwards


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birthname = Lionel Dalhouise Robertson Edwards
birthdate = 1878|9|11
location = Clifton
deathdate = 1966
deathplace = Salisbury
nationality = British
field = Painting, Illustration,
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Lionel Edwards (1878–1966) was a British painter who specialized in painting horses. He was mostly known for his hunting scenes but also painted pictures of horse racing, shooting and fishing. He provided illustrations for Country Life, The Sphere and The Graphic.

He attended Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting, in Baker Street, London from 1897 to 1903. He became the youngest member of the London Sketch Club at the age of nineteen.

Lionel married Ethel Wells in 1905, they moved out of London and lived in Radley, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Benarth. They both were enthusiastic fox hunters. He became a Remount Purchasing Officer at the outbreak of the World War I.

After the war they moved to a house called "Buckholt" near Salisbury.

He died at his home on 13th April 1966.

Publications

*Scarlet and Corduroy, 1941
*Reminiscences of a Sporting Artist, 1947

References

*cite book
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author=British Sporting Art Trust
year=2003
title=Sporting Art in Britain
publisher= Christie's International Media Division
location=London
pages= 102
isbn= 0-9507794-1-5