Haydon

of the English Romantic painter Benjamin Robert Haydon to the art of the nineteenth-century and evaluates his influence on John Ruskin’s social concepts of art of the same century.

An Analysis of Benjamin Robert Haydon

and his influence on John Ruskin’s social concepts of art:

In order to evaluate any artist’s influence upon his contemporaries, the age in which he lived, and posterity, it is important first of all to examine and understand what influences were brought to bear upon him, especially in his formative years, for they provide the foundation of his philosophy and play a significant role in the development of his talent. In this context, it is useful to examine the social and cultural environment of an artist’s early life, as well as his family circumstances and educational experiences. (Introduction needs to stay general, also needs to be strengthened expanded, length should be at least one page)

Benjamin Robert Haydon was born in Plymouth, England on January 26, 1786. As the only son of a prosperous printer and publisher, Haydon benefited from his father’s reputation in their community. His father was highly regarded for being a serious and accomplished man with a great interest in literature and history. Haydon’s father was intent upon passing his high regard for learning onto his son. Occupying an influential position in the young artist’s life, the role

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mstances vacillated throughout his life. This was due in part to the enormous size of his historical paintings. So large were his works that many English galleries were reluctant to hang them, and individual collectors unable to buy them. In this respect, Haydon was a man of contrasts, having many rich and famous friends, yet being jailed a number of times for his large debt. (Brown, Woof, and Hebron PAGE #) Haydon’s soaring self-confidence was legendary, and in his own view he was among the great figures of the nineteenth-century. He was a reformer of the teaching of art and a fascinating personality, for he quarreled, loved, and won or lost on a grand scale, and lived life to the fullest. Despite his flaws, the general consensus is that Haydon was a great diarist, an irrepressible correspondent, and an incessant pamphleteer who wrote in descriptive and exciting language. He remains an essential figure for understanding the art of the Romantic period, especially its pursuit of the heroic in the now lost art of history painting that he so ardently championed. (Brown, Woof, and Hebron PAGE #) In order to fully understand Benjamin Robert Haydon’s place in nineteenth-century art, it is also important to realize the influen
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