Edward Bird
Painting, Visual Artist
1772 – 1819
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Who was Edward Bird?
Edward Bird was an English genre painter who spent most of his working life in Bristol, where the Bristol School of artists formed around him. He enjoyed a few years of popularity in London, where he challenged the dominance of Sir David Wilkie in the genre painting field, before moving on to history painting, specialising in battle scenes.
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- Born
- 1772
Wolverhampton - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Wolverhampton
- Died
- Nov 2, 1819
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on July 23, 2013
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