Corfu from Ascension
Before he became famous for writing silly poems like 'The Owl and the Pussycat,' Edward Lear was a serious landscape painter who traveled extensively through Greece and the Balkans in the mid-19th century. This dreamy view of Corfu captures the hazy Mediterranean light, featuring snow-capped mountains across the water and a shepherd tending his flock in the foreground. Lear's detailed paintings helped introduce the rugged beauty of these regions to Victorian audiences, proving he had a serious eye for nature alongside his whimsical humor. It's a wonderful reminder that the man who wrote about Jumblies going to sea in a sieve was also a master of atmospheric landscape art.
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