View of Ceriana (1870)

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"View of Ceriana" is an evocative pen and ink drawing created by Edward Lear in 1870, capturing a tranquil yet intricate scene of the village of Ceriana—a small, picturesque commune in the Liguria region of Italy. Lear, primarily known for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose, was also a talented and profound landscape painter.This drawing, detailed and delicate, uses a variety of finely rendered lines to bring out the rugged beauty and the serene atmosphere of Ceriana. The composition is framed by the striking contours of trees in the foreground, drawing the viewer’s eye towards the clustered buildings of the village perched on the hillside in the middle distance. Lear’s mastery in the treatment of natural elements and architectural forms is evident here, as he skillfully balances light and shadow to depict the textures of foliage, rocks, and rustic buildings.The village of Ceriana appears almost nestled within the cascades of surrounding vegetation, with its prominent bell tower reaching skywards, creating a focal point amidst the densely packed homes. The thoughtful annotations Lear has made in various parts of the drawing add an intimate touch, suggesting not just a visual but a lived experience of the scene."View of Ceriana" presents not just a physical landscape, but a window into the serene and timeless charm of Italian rural life, seen through the eyes of a quintessentially Victorian English artist.

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Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to make illustrations of birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; and as a (minor) illustrator of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poems.

As an author, he is known principally for his popular nonsense collections of poems, songs, short stories, botanical drawings, recipes and alphabets. He also composed and published twelve musical settings of Tennyson's poetry.