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{{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"/>

==Gallery==
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|File:LAKE SCENE by Copley Fielding.jpg|''Lake Scene'' by Copley Fielding
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==References==
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*S.C. Kaines Smith, 'A.V.C. Fielding', OWS Club, III, 1925-6, pp 8–30
*John Ramm, 'In Search of Nature: the Life & Works of Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding PRWS', 'Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide', May 1999, Vol 52, No.10

==External links==
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* [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=182 Works by Copley-Fielding at the Tate Gallery]
* [http://musee.louvre.fr/bases/doutremanche/3110.php?lng=1&no_page=1&texte=&titre=&localisation=&periode=&images_sans=images&nb_par_page=36&artiste=%22FIELDING%2C+Anthony+Vandyke+Copley%22&date=&domaine= Works by Copley-Fielding at the Louvre]
* [http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/search/Artist.asp?maker_id=97755 Works by Copley-Fielding at The Queen's Art Collection]
* [https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=list&offset=0&limit=15&q=&quality=1&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&before=&namesearch=Copley&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch= Works by Copley-Fielding at Victoria & Albert Museum]
* {{ws|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832/The Water Palace, Mandoo|The Water Palace, Mandoo]]}}, an engraving by W Floyd for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832, with a poetical illustration by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]].
* {{ws|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833/The Chinese Pagoda|The Chinese Pagoda, between Canton and Whampoa]]}}, an engraving by Thomas Jeavons for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833 (with a humorous poem by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] on the difficulties of writing to order on unknown subjects).

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