William Louis Beaufort, Reverend (1771-1849)

The Irish landscape artist and outdoor scene painter William Louis Beaufort was born in County Meath in 1771. His parents were the Venerable Daniel Augustus Beaufort and Mary Waller. An enthusiastic sketcher, details of his art education are rather vague, suggesting he was a self-taught painter. In any event, he was an accomplished in both oil painting and watercolour, and proficient in drawing, in pencil and pen and ink.

He became the Canon of Rathcooney, County Cork, and was also the Rector at Glanmire, County Cork, where he died in 1849 aged 78.

Examples of Beaufort's landscape painting appear to be extremely rare. Three of his works - "A View of Mallow" and the pair "The Augustinian Abbey, Adare" and "Slane Abbey, County Meath" were auctioned in London at Christie's, in 2004, for £1,434 and £5,377 respectively.

More Information About Visual Arts in Ireland

• For details of other landscapists from Ireland, see: Irish Artists: Paintings and Biographies.
• For more about topographical landscape art in Ireland, see: Irish Art Guide.

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