Editing Copley Fielding (section)

{{short description|English painter (1787–1855)}}
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[[File:Antony Vandyke Copley Fielding by Sir William Boxall.jpg|right|thumb|''Antony Vandyke Copley Fielding'' by [[William Boxall]] (exhibited 1843)]]
'''Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding''' (22 November 1787 &ndash; 3 March 1855), commonly called '''Copley Fielding''', was an [[England|English]] painter born in [[Sowerby, West Yorkshire|Sowerby]], near [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], and famous for his [[watercolour]] [[Landscape art|landscape]]s.  At an early age Fielding became a pupil of [[John Varley (painter)|John Varley]].  In 1810 he became an associate exhibitor in the [[Old Water-colour Society]], in 1813 a full member and in 1831 President of that body<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Fielding, Anthony Vandyke Copley| volume= 10 |last= Rossetti | first= William Michael |author-link= William Michael Rossetti |page=324|short=1}}</ref> (later known as the Royal Society of Watercolours), until his death. He won a gold medal at the [[Paris Salon of 1824]] alongside [[Richard Parkes Bonington]] and [[John Constable]].  He also engaged largely in teaching the art and made ample profits.  He later moved to [[Park Crescent, Worthing|Park Crescent]] in [[Worthing]] and died in the town in March 1855.

Copley Fielding was a painter of much elegance, taste and accomplishment and has always been highly popular with purchasers.  He painted a vast number of all sorts of views (occasionally in oil-colour) including marine subjects.  Examples of his work is held by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] and other major museums in Britain.  Among the engraved specimens of his art is the ''Annual of British Landscape Scenery'', published in 1839.<ref name="EB1911"/>