Charles Henry Schwanfelder
Charles Henry Schwanfelder (1774–1837) was an English animal, landscape and portrait painter. Schwanfelder was born and died in Leeds. He was the son of a German decorative painter and started out helping his father to paint clock faces and snuff boxes.
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- Name
- Charles Henry Schwanfelder
- Born
- 1774
- Birthplace
- Leeds
- Died
- 1837
- Occupation
- English animal, landscape and portrait painter.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Kingdom of Great Britain
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- English
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Charles Henry Schwanfelder (1774–1837) was an English animal, landscape and portrait painter. Schwanfelder was born and died in Leeds. He was the son of a German decorative painter and started out helping his father to paint clock faces and snuff boxes.
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He was renowned for his animal paintings and was appointed animal painter to George III and George IV. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1809 and 1814 His bust was carved by Joseph Theakston and exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1818,
The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leeds and London. Work by Charles Henry Schwanfelder is recorded in the collections of Yale Center for British Art, Hepworth Wakefield, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Ferens Art Gallery and York Art Gallery.
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• Name — Charles Henry Schwanfelder • Born — 1774 • Birthplace — Leeds • Died — 1837 • Place of death — Leeds • Occupation — English animal, landscape and portrait painter.
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- 2.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660 to 1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.385
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