Samuel Palmer 1805-1881
British
Samuel Palmer Galleries
English painter, draughtsman and etcher. Palmer was a key figure of English Romantic painting who represented, at least in his early work, its pastoral, intuitive and nostalgic aspects at their most intense. He is widely described as a visionary and linked with his friend and mentor William Blake, though he stood at an almost opposite extreme in his commitment to landscape and his innocent approach to its imagery. He had none of Blake irony or complexity and was inspired by a passionate love of nature that found its philosophical dimension in unquestioning Neo-Platonism.
Samuel Palmer Street of Tombs,Pompeii mk49
1838
Watercolour,gouache,graphite and brown ink on card
28.9x41.9cm
The Village of Papigno on the Nar,between Terni and thte Falls mk49
1839
Brown ink,watercolour,gouache and black chald on grey-brown wove paper
31.6x42.1cm
Painting ID:: 26415
Samuel Palmer The Village of Papigno on the Nar,between Terni and thte Falls mk49
1839
Brown ink,watercolour,gouache and black chald on grey-brown wove paper
31.6x42.1cm
Near Underriver,Sevenoaks,Kent mk49
c.1840
Watercolour and brown ink on off-white paper
27.2x38.4cm
Painting ID:: 26416
1805-1881
British
Samuel Palmer Galleries
English painter, draughtsman and etcher. Palmer was a key figure of English Romantic painting who represented, at least in his early work, its pastoral, intuitive and nostalgic aspects at their most intense. He is widely described as a visionary and linked with his friend and mentor William Blake, though he stood at an almost opposite extreme in his commitment to landscape and his innocent approach to its imagery. He had none of Blake irony or complexity and was inspired by a passionate love of nature that found its philosophical dimension in unquestioning Neo-Platonism.