Edward Harrison Compton (11 October 1881 – 6 March 1960) was a German landscape painter and illustrator of English descent.

Biography

Compton was born in

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, Germany, the second son of notable landscape painter

Edward Theodore Compton Edward Theodore Compton, usually referred to as E. T. Compton, (29 July 1849 – 22 March 1921) was an English-born, German artist, illustrator and mountain climber. He is well known for his paintings and drawings of alpine scenery, and a ...

. He received his early art training from his father, and after a period of study in London at the

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settled back in

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. Like his father he was inspired by the

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to become a mountain painter ("Bergmaler") working in both

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and

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. However, an attack of

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at the age of 28 meant that he had to find more accessible landscapes to paint in Germany, England, northern Italy and Sicily. He also provided illustrations for several travel books published by

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. Compton exhibited at galleries in

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and

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, and also in England at the

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in London and in

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. He died in

in 1960. He had two sisters, both of whom were artists: Marion Compton, the flowers and still-life painter, and Dora Keel-Compton, flower and mountain painter.

Paintings (selected)

*''The Matterhorn'' *''A mountainous landscape'' *''Matterhorn'' *''Summer Mountain'' (1905) *''Sheep in a winter landscape'' (1905) *''South Bavarian countryside with farmhouse near E.H. Compton´s home'' (1906) *''Virgin of the Wengernalp'' *''The Matterhorn'' *''Alpental'' (1914) *''Church in Mongrivello, Savoyan Alps, Aosta valley entrance'' (about 1910) *''Berghof'' (1919) *''Monastery of Säben Klausen in South Tyrol'' (1919) *''Farm in St. Leonhard'' (1921) *'' Holy Blood'' (1941)

Illustrated books

*Baillie-Grohman, W. A.
Tyrol
' (A & C Black, 1908). *Baillie-Grohman, W. A & Compton, E. T.
Germany
' (A & C Black, 1912). *Farrer, Reginald. ''The Dolomites; King Laurin's Garden'' (A & C Black, 1913). *Compton, E.H.
Chester watercolours
' (A & C Black, 1916). *Newth, J. D. ''Austria'' (A & C Black, 1931). Compton also provided the watercolour frontispiece for Andrews, W. & Lang, E.
Old English towns
' (T W laurie, 1909).

References

E H Compton
(Galerie Magnet)
Photo of E W Compton

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Compton, Edward Harrison 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters German illustrators German landscape painters German watercolourists German people of English descent 1960 deaths 1881 births

Biography

Paintings (selected)

Illustrated books

See also

References

Further reading

External links