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Samuel Palmer - Visionary Artist

Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) turned out some of the most powerful visionary art of the 19th C in the first 15 years of his career.

He was influenced by William Blake, and like Blake, he imbued the composition of his works with an almost mystical quality.

This is most apparent in his drawings and smaller paintings. As often happens, the larger works intended for exhibition in his later life lost the immediacy and powerful composition of the smaller works.

I have put up only a small selection of my favorites here, and hope to add more when I have time to do some scanning.

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Coming From Evening Church (1830)

Harvest Moon (1825)	Harvest Moon Drawing (1835)
Early Morning (1825)	Sleeping Shepherd (1833/34)
Rustic Scene (1825)	The Bright Cloud (1831/32)
Ruth Returned From Gleaning (1828/9)	Harvesters (1830)
Landscape Figures and Cattle (1828/9)	Classical River Scene (1830)
Cornfield by Moonlight (1830)	Sheep In Shade (1851)
In A Shoreham Garden (1829)	The Magic Apple Tree (1830)
Golden Valley (1833/34)	The Weald of Kent (1833/34)
The Shearers (1833/34)	The Sleeping Shepherd (1833/34)
Pystyll Mawddach (1835/36)	Tintagel Castle, Approaching Rain (1848)
In 1837 he embarked on a disastrous tour of Italy, where he unfortunately soaked up the Italianate style of the time. On his return, it seems that the pressures of coexisting with John Linnell his father-in-law, the overwhelming need to earn a living for his family, and the loss of two children and his beloved nurse, all contributed to the decline of his creative muse. "Tintagel Castle, Approaching Rain" (1848) was probably the last flash of his former genius.

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