Edmund Garvey (1740 in Kilkenny — 28 May 1813) was an landscape painter from

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. Garvey worked in oil and water-colour.

Life and career

Born in

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

, he first studied under Robert Carver and then in

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. The bulk of his work was done in London from 1764 onwards, with a spell in Rome in 1798. He exhibited views of Rome, around

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and other continental locations, for example, ''View of the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, May 1792'' and ''View of the Lake of Geneva with the Effect of a Flash of Lightning''. His watercolour ''Waterfall in the Alps'' (Royal Academy, 1769) was one of the first Alpine paintings exhibited in Britain. He is perhaps best known for his somewhat heavy British and Irish views such as ''Figures In The Grounds Of Hestercombe, Somerset'' and ''The Old Dee Bridge, Chester''. He was elected an Associate in 1770, and was elected

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on 11 February 1783. He exhibited over 100 times at the Royal Academy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garvey, Edmund 1740 births 1813 deaths Royal Academicians Artists from County Kilkenny 18th-century Irish painters 19th-century Irish painters Irish male painters Place of death missing Irish emigrants to Kingdom of Great Britain 19th-century Irish male artists