# Solomon Delane

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{{Short description|Irish landscape painter}}
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[[File:Dance-Delane.png|thumb|185px|Solomon Delane; chalk drawing by [George Dance the Younger](/source/George_Dance_the_Younger) (1795)]]
thumb|325px|Wooded Landscape with Waterfall
'''Solomon Delane''', or '''Delaney''' (c.1727 in [County Tipperary](/source/County_Tipperary) – 1812 in Dublin) was an Irish landscape painter who spent a major part of his career in Italy. Some earlier sources give his place of birth as [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), which may be related to the political and religious unrest in Ireland during his later years.

==Biography==
His father, Richard, was a clergyman. He was sent away to attend school in Dublin. In addition to the standard courses, he worked with [Robert West](/source/Robert_West_(painter)) and studied at the School of Landscape and Ornament, operated by the [Royal Dublin Society](/source/Royal_Dublin_Society).<ref name="L">[http://www.lanefineart.com/component/virtuemart/shop.product_details/12/flypage_images.tpl/53.html Biography] @ Lane Fine Art.</ref>  His primary instructor there was James Mannin (?-1779) a landscape and flower painter of French origin.<ref>[https://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/james-mannin.php James Mannin] @ Library Ireland.</ref> In 1750, he won a prize from the Academy and was given a second-place order of merit. His first known work was a portrait of Isaac Sparks (1719-1776), a popular comedian known as the "Right Comical Chief Joker", who held mock trials.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gql3JbSYeG4C&dq=Sparks%2C+Isaac+208&pg=PA208 Biography of Sparks, with Delane's portrait] from ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians ..., Volume 14'' @ Google Books.</ref> Little else is known from his Dublin period.<ref name="I"> [https://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/solomon-delane.php Biography] @ Library Ireland.</ref>   

Within the next two years, both his father and his older brother, George, died, leaving him a comfortable income and several properties.<ref name="L" />    

He decided to travel and arrived in Italy around 1755, where he was a resident of Rome for fifteen years; occasionally sharing accommodations with his fellow landscape painter, Hugh Primrose Dean (?-1784). In 1763, he sent a large landscape to London for an exhibition at [Spring Gardens](/source/Spring_Gardens) and was named a member of the short-lived [Society of Artists of Great Britain](/source/Society_of_Artists_of_Great_Britain).<ref name="L" /> In 1771, he sent two works to an exhibition at the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy). He continued to participate by long-distance in all the major exhibitions until 1777, when he was elected to the [Accademia delle Arti del Disegno](/source/Accademia_delle_Arti_del_Disegno) of [Florence](/source/Florence).<ref name="W">[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Delane,_Solomon_(DNB00) Biographical notes] @ WikiSource.</ref> Many of his works were falsely attributed to [Claude Lorrain](/source/Claude_Lorrain).{{fact|date=October 2021}}

After that, he took a painting tour to Germany, in the company of Duke [Aubrey Beauclerk](/source/Aubrey_Beauclerk%2C_5th_Duke_of_St_Albans) and his wife, [Lady Catherine](/source/Catherine_Beauclerk%2C_Duchess_of_St_Albans).<ref name="L" /> He briefly took up residence in [Augsburg](/source/Augsburg), then went to London and exhibited two scenes of the [Alps](/source/Alps) at the Academy.<ref name="W" /> 

In 1784, he returned to Dublin, married Elizabeth Warburton (?-1806), with whom he may have had three children,<ref>[https://www.geni.com/people/Solomon-Delane/6000000057830608077 Vital statistics] @ Geni.com.</ref> and appears to have retired from public life, although he participated in two minor exhibitions (1802 and 1812). He was also appointed [Cork Herald](/source/Athlone_Pursuivant) of [Munster](/source/Munster) (a largely ceremonial title) in 1797.<ref name="I" />

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Category:1720s births
Category:1812 deaths
Category:18th-century Irish painters
Category:18th-century Irish male artists
Category:Irish male painters
Category:Irish landscape painters
Category:Irish emigrants to Italy
Category:Artists from County Tipperary

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