Charles Towne was a British artist known for his landscape paintings and depictions of animals. His father Richard was also an artist specializing in portraiture. Towne's talent for art and painting was already apparent in his childhood. In lessons with the landscape painter John Rathbone he learned important techniques and received valuable encouragement. The first artistic works of Charles Towne were limited to the artistic decoration of carriages. With time, further exciting possibilities for artistic self-realization arose. In 1787 his career received new impetus. The starting point was the exhibition of one of his landscape paintings in Liverpool in 1787, after which it took Charles Towne only a few years to make a reputation as an animal and landscape painter. In 1799, the artist moved to London, where he spent some eventful years. During this period, he was even able to exhibit his works at the Royal Academy of Arts, one of the most important British art institutions. The London time was marked by an intensive artistic work and many interesting meetings with artists of his time. In 1810, Towne returned to Liverpool. There he founded the Liverpool Academy of Arts together with other colleagues. He used this forum to regularly exhibit his own works. In the year 1837, the longing for the metropolis London seized him. He spent the last part of his life there until his death in 1840.
Idyllic landscape and animal motifs are characteristic of Towne's work. Among his popular motifs are mainly pets and farm animals. But also some works with wild animals are part of his portfolio. In 1820 he created a graceful painting of a pair of lions under the title Lion and Lioness. Already around 1800 he depicted tigers in one of his paintings. In all his paintings his enthusiasm for the beauty of nature is evident. Realistic and detailed depictions are characteristic of Charles Townes art. A few of his pictures also contain human representations. However, these are mainly limited to persons like riders, hunters or farmers. People who all seem to be closely connected to nature in their own way. Urban scenes are not among his preferred motifs. An exception is the picture motif of the Norwich Cattle Fair. But in this portrait, too, the animals are more in the foreground than the people. Towne painted predominantly small-format oil paintings. Charles Towne described his surroundings as rough and not very cultivated people. Nevertheless his artistic works were well received by the public. Artist colleagues of his time appreciated his work. The detailed, almost photorealistic paintings were inspiring. This was mainly due to the careful technique with which Towne put his pictures on paper.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1118183).jpg "Dogs in a Landscape, c.1820 by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "Three Horses in a Stormy Landscape by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "A Hunter and Groom Outside a Country House by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "A Bay Hunter and Three Pointers in a Landscape with Lyston Hall Beyond by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "Hunters and a Spaniel in an Extensive Landscape by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "A bay hunter with two hounds in a landscape, with a mansion beyond, 1779 by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "River Scene with Overshot Mill by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "A Match between Sir Joshua and Filho da Puta by Charles Towne")
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.jpg "William Yates, Esq., of Springside, on his favourite roadster by Charles Towne")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-899906).jpg "Three Horses in a Stormy Landscape by Charles Towne")
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