Edmund Garvey, RA was an Irish

Irish people

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 painter

Painting

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Life and career

Born in Kilkenny

Kilkenny

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, he first studied under Robert Carver

Robert Carver (painter)

Robert Carver was a Dublin born Irish painter, who worked as a painter of theatre scenery as well as painting framed works.-Career:...

 and then in Rome

Rome

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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 Savoy

Savoy

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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 exhibited over 100 times at the Royal Academy and was elected Royal Academician in 1783.

Reference

• Profile of painter Edmund Garvey