Edward Lear inspires artists to tackle funding cuts to Tottenham playground Sculpture workshops inspired by Edward Lear will run from May 20th, culminating in carnival on July 23rd At a time of rising childhood obesity, and protests against young people being shackled to their desks for hours, it seems odd that the facilities for active … Continue reading »
Dr. Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford will be giving a lecture on Edward Lear at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley on Saturday 24th October 2015. The talk will explore the originality and charm of this uniquely versatile artist. Please follow the link for more information http://rrm.co.uk/events/nature-and-nonsense-the-genius-of-edward-lear Continue reading »
Come and celebrate Mr. Lear at the Reading Society of Corfu on 9th October 2015. Nicholas Parsons will take us on a journey through Lear’s life interspersed with some of his wonderful nonsense. Continue reading »
EDWARD LEAR: WATERCOLOURS AND WORDS The exhibition ‘Edward Lear: Watercolours and Words’ opened at Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum in Mdina, Malta on 18th October 2014. Edward Lear’s travels were motivated by his desire to escape the damp winters of his native London and by his incessant search for new landscapes to paint. On his way to … Continue reading »
On 14th May, Stephen Duckworth gave a lecture at the Heraklion Historical Museum in Crete to celebrate Lear’s travels there exactly 150 years ago. The talk covered his Cretan travels, the 200 plus drawings he made whilst there, and Stephen Duckworth’s research on what has happened to those drawings since they came onto the market … Continue reading »
On Friday 30th May 2014, the Founder Members of The Edward Lear Society will be unveiling a bust of Edward Lear at a ceremony in Corfu. The event will take place at the most prestigious Cultural Institution of Greece, The Reading Society of Corfu, where Edward Lear’s bronze bust will be permanently exhibited. Continue reading »
Jesus College, Oxford 21-22 September 2012 EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888): zoological illustrator, landscape painter, cartoonist, travel writer, drawing master to Queen Victoria, depressive, diarist, friend of the Tennysons, epileptic, exile, and nonsense poet of genius. Praised by Ruskin and Eliot, elegized by Auden, analysed by Orwell and Huxley, Lear has never ceased to fascinate and delight. … Continue reading »