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William Osborne BIOGRAPHY
1823 Dublin, Ireland - 1901. Known for: Animal art, hunting dogs single and group portrait painting.
One of the leading Irish animal painters, along with Thomas Robinson (1770-1810), George Nairn (1799-1850) and the great Michael Angelo Hayes (1820–1877), William Osborne was born in Dublin,... Read full biography
One of the leading Irish animal painters, along with Thomas Robinson (1770-1810), George Nairn (1799-1850) and the great Michael Angelo Hayes (1820–1877), William Osborne was born in Dublin, initially working as a warehouseman until the age of 22, when he decided to train as an artist and joined... Read full biography
One of the leading Irish animal painters, along with Thomas Robinson (1770-1810), George Nairn (1799-1850) and the great Michael Angelo Hayes (1820–1877), William Osborne was born in Dublin, initially working as a warehouseman until the age of 22, when he decided to train as an artist and joined the Royal Hibernian Academy School. Afterwards, he set up a studio in Pleasants Street in Dublin and, in 1851, began showing at the annual RHA exhibition - an experience he repeated in all but nine of... Read full biography
One of the leading Irish animal painters, along with Thomas Robinson (1770-1810), George Nairn (1799-1850) and the great Michael Angelo Hayes (1820–1877), William Osborne was born in Dublin, initially working as a warehouseman until the age of 22, when he decided to train as an artist and joined the Royal Hibernian Academy School. Afterwards, he set up a studio in Pleasants Street in Dublin and, in 1851, began showing at the annual RHA exhibition - an experience he repeated in all but nine of the next fifty years. Elected an Associate of the RHA in 1854, he became a full Academician four years later. Osborne's forte was animal art, and developed a considerable reputation for his sympathetic paintings of dogs and horses, not least because... Read full biography
One of the leading Irish animal painters, along with Thomas Robinson (1770-1810), George Nairn (1799-1850) and the great Michael Angelo Hayes (1820–1877), William Osborne was born in Dublin, initially working as a warehouseman until the age of 22, when he decided to train as an artist and joined the Royal Hibernian Academy School. Afterwards, he set up a studio in Pleasants Street in Dublin and, in 1851, began showing at the annual RHA exhibition - an experience he repeated in all but nine of the next fifty years. Elected an Associate of the RHA in 1854, he became a full Academician four years later. Osborne's forte was animal art, and developed a considerable reputation for his sympathetic paintings of dogs and horses, not least because of his deep knowledge of canine and equine anatomy. He was regularly commissioned by gentleman hunters to produce group portraits and in... Read full biography
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One of the leading Irish animal painters, along with Thomas Robinson (1770-1810), George Nairn (1799-1850) and the great Michael Angelo Hayes (1820–1877), William Osborne was born in Dublin, initially working as a warehouseman until the age of 22, when he decided to train as an artist and joined the Royal Hibernian Academy School.
Afterwards, he set up a studio in Pleasants Street in Dublin and, in 1851, began showing at the annual RHA exhibition - an experience he repeated in all but nine of the next fifty years. Elected an Associate of the RHA in 1854, he became a full Academician four years later. Osborne's forte was animal art, and developed a considerable reputation for his sympathetic paintings of dogs and horses, not least be...But wait, there's more...
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