Thomas Lound | |
|---|---|
 Self-portrait (undated) | |
| Born | 13 July 1801 Beeston St Andrew, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 18 January 1861 (aged 59) Norwich, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Landscape painting |
| Movement | Norwich School of painters |
| Spouse |
Harriot Wetherill
(m. 1821; died 1859) |
Thomas Lound (13 July 1801 – 18 January 1861) was an amateur English painter and etcher of landscapes, who specialised in depictions of his home county of Norfolk. He was a member of the Norwich School of painters, and lived in the city of Norwich all his life.
Born into a wealthy brewing family, Lound was affluent enough to possess his own photographic equipment as well as to pursue his passion for art. He become an avid collector of works of art, and particularly admired (and collected) the paintings of the Norwich painter John Thirtle. Lound was popular amongst his contemporaries, and close friends with the Norwich artists Robert Leman, Henry Bright and John Middleton. Throughout his life he suffered from ill health, and he died suddenly of apoplexy at the age of 59, a year after the deaths of his wife and son.
Lound is considered by art historians to rank among the best of the watercolourists of the Norwich School. He was trained by John Sell Cotman, but his artistic style was more heavily influenced by the landscapist David Cox. Lound's etchings, never produced for public display, show the influence of drypoint technique of Edward Thomas Daniell. He was also a competent copyist with a talent for imitating the artistic style of other artists. His oil paintings contain both broad brush and fine brushwork; he exhibited 12 works with the Norwich Society of Artists from 1820 to 1833, and showed works in London at the British Institution and the Royal Academy of Arts.