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George Edwards Hering (1805 – 18 December 1879) was an English landscape painter.


Life

Born in London, he was a younger son of a German father who was a bookbinder. At an early age he lost his father. He was a clerk in a bank, but took up art as his profession. In 1829 Hering studied in the art school at
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, and
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sent him with letters of introduction to
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. After about two years there, he travelled in Italy, and round the Adriatic to
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and
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. On his return to Rome he met John Paget, and with Paget and a Mr. Sanford went on a tour through
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and
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among the Carpathian mountains. Hering settled in London, where he practised as a landscape-painter for the rest of his life, paying occasional visits to Italy. He died in London in 1879 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery (West). His wife was also an artist, and exhibited at the
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in 1853 and 1858.


Works

John Paget published an account of his Hungarian tour with illustrations by Hering, and Hering on his return to England published in 1838 a companion volume of ''Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary, and Transilvania, etc.'' Hering specialised in Italian scenery, particularly with lakes. In 1836 he first exhibited at the Royal Academy, sending ''The Ruins of the Palace of the Cæsars, Rome'', and was a regular contributor from that time to the Academy and to the
British Institution The British Institution (in full, the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom; founded 1805, disbanded 1867) was a private 19th-century society in London formed to exhibit the works of living and dead artists; it ...
. In 1841 he exhibited a painting of ''Amalfi'', which, through
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, was purchased by
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; it was engraved by
Edward Goodall Edward Goodall (1795 – 11 April 1870) was a British engraver. He is now best known for his plates after J. M. W. Turner. Life He was born at Leeds on 17 September 1795, and was entirely self-taught. From the age of sixteen he practised both en ...
for ''
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'' in 1856, and a similar painting of ''Capri'', also purchased for the royal collection, was engraved for the same journal by
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. Hering painted some Scottish scenes by him are noteworthy. A picture of ''Tambourina'' was engraved for him by
Charles George Lewis Charles George Lewis (13 June 1808 – 16 June 1880) was a British printmaker. Life The second son of Frederick Christian Lewis, and brother of John Frederick Lewis, he was born in Enfield, Middlesex. He was instructed in drawing and engravin ...
. In 1847 he published a set of twenty coloured lithographs, ''The Mountains and Lakes in Switzerland, the Tyrol, and Italy''.


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* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Hering, George Edwards 1805 births 1879 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery 19th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English male artists