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Eyre Crowe ARA (1824–1910) was a British author and painter, principally of historical art and genre scenes, but with an interest in social realism.

Early life

He was born in London, and grew up in France. He was the eldest son of the journalist Eyre Evans Crowe and brother of the journalist, diplomat and art historian Joseph Archer Crowe, whose son Eyre Crowe became an important diplomat. He was a pupil of William Darley and later of Paul Delaroche in Paris.

Career

He travelled in the United States as amanuensis to William Makepeace Thackeray between 1852 and 1853. He published With Thackeray in America (1893) and Thackeray's Haunts and Homes (1897).

He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London between 1846 and 1908. In 1876 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy.

Selected works

• A Slave Sale in Charleston, South Carolina (1854; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba)
• Slaves Waiting for Sale: Richmond, Virginia (1861; Private collection)
• Defoe in the Pillory (1862; Salford Museum and Art Gallery)
• Brick Court or Death of Goldsmith (1863)
• Luther Pasting his Theses on the Church Door of Wittenberg (1864)
• Shinglers or The Foundry (1869)
• The Penance of Dr Johnson, 1784 (1869)
• The Dinner Hour, Wigan (1874; Manchester Art Gallery)
• A Sheep-Shearing Match (1875)
• Sandwiches (1881)
• Convicts at Work, Portsmouth (1887)
• Nelson Leaving England for the Last Time (1888)
• The Founder of English Astronomy (1891; see Jeremiah Horrocks)
• The Brigs of Ayr (1894)
• The Gipsy's Rest (1897)
• Trial for Bigamy (1897)
• James II at the Battle of La Hogue (1898)

External links

• 15 artworks by or after Eyre Crowe at the Art UK site
• Appreciation of Eyre Crowe A.R.A. (1824-1910)
• Eyre Crowe on Artcyclopedia
• Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections

На других языках

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[de] Eyre Crowe (Maler)

Eyre Crowe (* 3. Oktober 1824 in Chelsea; † 12. Dezember 1910 in London) war ein englischer Maler, Illustrator und Grafiker.

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- [en] Eyre Crowe (painter)

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[ru] Кроу, Айра (художник)

Айра Кроу (англ. Eyre Crowe; 3 октября 1824, Лондон — 12 декабря 1910, там же) — английский живописец и график. Сын Айры Эванса Кроу, брат Джозефа Арчера Кроу.

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