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British artist (1848-1920)

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Andrew Carrick Gow
Self-portrait at the age of 35 (1883)
Born15 or 18 June 1848
London, England, UK
Died1 February 1920(1920-02-01) (aged 71)
London, England, UK
NationalityBritish
ElectedMember of the Royal Academy, 1890

Andrew Carrick Gow RA (15 or 18 June 1848 – 1 February 1920) was a British painter who painted scenes from British and European history as well as portraits and genre.

Biography

Born in London in 1848, Gow studied at Heatherley's School of Art. He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, and elsewhere from 1867 onwards, and in 1881, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, becoming a full Royal Academician in 1891. In 1900, he visited Egypt and he used his sketches to compose a scene representing the death of the Mahdi soon after the defeat of his troops by Colonel Wingate in 1898.

Gow's sister, Mary Gow, was also an artist, and the artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a close friend.

In later life, he became Keeper of the Royal Academy and died there on 1 February 1920 at the age of 72. He was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.

Grave of Andrew Carrick Gow in Highgate Cemetery

Paintings

Gallery

  • A Musical Story by Chopin, 1879 A Musical Story by Chopin, 1879
  • Cromwell at Dunbar, 1886 Cromwell at Dunbar, 1886
  • A Lost Cause, 1888 A Lost Cause, 1888
  • Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Service, 1899 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Service, 1899
  • Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament, 1907 Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament, 1907

References

  1. Rohrschneider, Christine. "Gow, Andrew Carrick". AKL Online. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  • Harrington, Peter. British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700–1914. London: Greenhill, 1993.

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