When Landseer was only 11 years old, he was awarded a prize by the Society of Arts for the best drawing of animals. They took frequent walks into the fields, where they could talk about the things that they saw and make sketches of them. His father encouraged his art inclinations and spent much time with him. Here is an artist who found his greatest interest in animals, which he made the subject of most of his pictures. The life of Sir Edwin Landseer has a special charm and story fascination. Many Americans can recall, with nostalgia, their first acquaintance with the reproductions of Landseer’s paintings as they were favorites with printmakers in America. It was a poor English household that did not have a copy of Landseer’s pictures on its walls. Part of Landseer’s popularity was due to the fact that his brothers, as expert engravers, made many copies of his works, and thus it was possible for people of small means to afford them. He was also a well-known etcher and engraver to the King. Landseer’s father was a writer and lecturer on art subjects. His paintings not only helped popularize the breed, but created a fashion in that time for the white-and-blacks. Although it has been said that he painted the white-and-blacks because their coloring made a brighter picture, he is honored by having that variety named the Landseer Newfoundland. Sir Edwin Landseer is the artist credited with making a powerful influence on the Newfoundland breed. Written by Eva Chapman, it remains interesting yet today. This article was originally printed in the Fall 1981 issue of Newf Tide. Based on an article that appeared in Newf Tide written by Mary Jane Spackman
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