Edward Thomas Daniell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Thomas Daniell

English landscape painter and etcher

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1804

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 24-Sep-1842

Profession: painter, etcher

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Edward Thomas Daniell

  • Edward Thomas Daniell (6 June 1804 – 24 September 1842) was an English landscape painter and etcher, who is best known for his drawings made on an expedition to the Middle East, including the coast of Lycia, now part of modern Turkey.
  • He was associated with the Norwich School of painters, a group of artists connected by geographical location, as well as by personal and professional relationships. Daniell was born in London of wealthy parents: he grew up and was educated in Norwich, where he was taught art by John Crome and Joseph Stannard.
  • He read classics at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1828.
  • In 1832 he was ordained and licensed as the curate at Banham, Norfolk, and in 1834 he was appointed to a curacy at St.
  • Mark's Church, London.
  • There he became a patron of the arts and an influential friend of the artist John Linnell.
  • In 1840, he resigned his curacy and left England for the Middle East.
  • After touring Egypt, Palestine and Syria, he met the explorer Sir Charles Fellows and joined his archaeological expedition.
  • Travelling to Lycia from Rhodes, he reached Adalia (now known as Antalya), but contracted malaria.
  • Whilst he was recuperating, he died from a second attack of the disease combined with heatstroke. As a wealthy amateur artist, Daniell exhibited his paintings, but was not forced to earn his living from them.
  • Usually selecting a limited palette, he had a distinctive style that was influenced by Crome, Turner and John Sell Cotman.
  • His etchings demonstrate his great skill in the use of drypoint: his surviving sketches may have been preparatory work for future works.
  • They were printed by Daniell's friend and neighbour Henry Ninham, whose technique he influenced.

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