Alexander George Fraser
Alexander George Fraser | |
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Born | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | 7 April 1786
Died | 15 February 1865 Wood Green, Hornsey, London | (aged 78)
Nationality | Scottish |
Education | Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh. |
Known for | Genre and Domestic Painting |
Spouse | Janet William Moir |
Elected | Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy |
Alexander George Fraser (1786–1865) was a Scottish genre and domestic painter who exhibited his paintings at the
Royal Academy in London for many years.[1] His son, Alexander Fraser
(1827-1899), was also a prominent artist with whom he is sometimes confused (and his paintings are sometimes misidentified as being by his son).
Life
Fraser was born in Edinburgh on 7 April 1786. His father was Alexander Fraser, a grocer, and his mother, Madgalane Davie.[2]
He studied painting under
Royal Academy
.
He died at Wood Green, Hornsey, London on 15 February 1865common grave on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery (plot no. 13621) eight days later.
Notable paintings
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Notes
References
- ^ a b Entry for 'Alexander George Fraser' in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison), Oxford University Press, 2004, Vol. 20, p. 820.
- ^ Birth record available at the General Register Office for Scotland, Scotland's People Centre in Edinburgh, and also at http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk. The spelling 'Madgalane' appears in his birth record.
- ^ Reproduced with kind permission of the McManus Art Gallery, Dundee.
External links
- 15 artworks by or after Alexander George Fraser at the Art UK site. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
- [1] Retrieved 2015-12-08