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Edward Theodore Compton (1849-1921)


Edward Theodore Compton (1849-1921)

An active member of the British Alpine Club, as well as that of Germany and Austria, E T Compton based himself in Bavaria, and became one of the first artists to devote himself to depicting the remote and inaccessible heights of the Alps. Nevertheless, he travelled widely, from Scandinavia to North Africa, in search of subject matter for his brush.

Edward Theodore Compton was born in Stoke Newington, London, on 27 July 1849, the son of Theodore Compton, a Quaker insurance agent and amateur artist, and his wife,
Elizabeth (née Harrison), the daughter of a Quaker barrister. In 1867, the family migrated to Darmstadt, Germany, which was then an important centre for the arts, so that Edward could complete his education. It is said that both Edward and his father went on to give lessons in art, and that Edward numbered among his students Alice, the daughter of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hessen und bei Rhein. While living in Darmstadt, Edward went on a sketching tour of the Rhineland, Mosel and Eifel areas of Germany (1867-68), and, with his entire family, on a tour of the Bernese Oberland (July 1868).

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