Richard Ansdell – Richard Ansdell biography & paintings (original) (raw)

He won a Gold Medal in Paris in 1855 and other prizes during his career – his paintings were exhibited as far afield as Melbourne, Australia. Many were so popular they were engraved for mass-production.
Ansdell became a Royal Academician in 1870. He also built a retreat in the Scottish Highlands in 1870.
He drew inspiration from his Summers in the Highlands. Many fine paintings result – “ The Herd Lassie” and “The Rescue” being prime examples.
“ The Road to Seville” and others are inspired by his visits to Spain in 1856/7.
Richard Ansdell died at his house at Frimley, Surrey and is buried at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking , Surrey.

Sarah Dean, formerly Kellam (nee Ansdell)
Great, Great Granddaughter to the artist:
This is site is dedicated to another
Richard Ansdell (1919-1980) –
my father – who did so much to perpetuate
the artistic legacy he inherited

Portrait by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
(1857-1940)
courtesy of Aberdeen Museums