Joseph Maiden (artist)

Joseph Maiden (1813–1843) was an English painter of livestock and hunting scenes.

Life

Maiden was born in Bury, Lancashire; his father was a coachman and publican.[1][2] He moved to Manchester to study under Henry Calvert, a son Charles Calvert.[1]

He became a painter of new breeds of animals—particularly horses and dogs—and he also captured scenes from a series of hunts across Lancashire.[2]

However, just as he was building a professional reputation he died on 26 November 1843 in Manchester, at the age of 31.[3][2] A group of fellow local artists, led by Frederick Tavaré, came together to raise funds to support Maiden's widow.[4]

One of his paintings (of two Alpine mastiffs) was included in the Peel Park Local Art Exhibition of 1857.[5]

References
  1. "Joseph Maiden (1813-1843)". Christie's. 28 May 1999. Retrieved 24 Oct 2023.
  2. Gilbey, Sir Walter (1911). Animal Painters of England from the Year 1650: A Brief History of Their Lives and Works. Illustrated with Twenty-eight Specimens of Their Paintings, Chiefly from Wood Engravings by F. Babbage. Vinton.
  3. Axon, William Edward Armytage (1886). The Annals of Manchester: A Chronological Record from the Earliest Times to the End of 1885. J. Heywood, Deansgate and Ridgefield.
  4. "Answer. Joseph Maiden, artist". The Manchester City News. 27 Jan 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 22 Oct 2023.
  5. Heywood, Abel (1857). The Pictorial Guide to Manchester and Companion to the Art Treasures Exhibition. A. Heywood.


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