Andrew Geddes (artist)
Andrew Geddes
Life
Geddes was born at 7 St Patrick Street in south Edinburgh.[1]
After receiving a classical education at the Royal High School and subsequently at the University of Edinburgh, he was employed as a clerk for five years in the excise office, in which his father held the post of deputy auditor.[2]
After the death of his father, who had opposed his desire to become an artist, he went to London and entered the
In 1831 settled in London, and was elected associate of the Royal Academy in 1832.
He died at Berners Street in London of tuberculosis on 5 May 1844.[2]
Work
Geddes made his chief success as a portrait painter, but he produced occasional figure subjects and landscapes, and executed some copies of the old masters as well. He was also a good etcher. His portrait of his mother, and a portrait study, called Summer, are in the
His portrait of
References
- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.366
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Geddes, Andrew". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 547–548. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.366
- ^ "Alexander Oswald of Changue (1777–1821) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
Further reading
- Geddes, Adela Plimer. Memoir of the Late Andrew Geddes, Esq., A.R.A. (London: W. Clowe, 1844).
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1890). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 21. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 101–2.
- Smailes, Helen. Andrew Geddes, 1783–1844: Painter-printmaker: a man of pure taste (National Galleries of Scotland, 2001).
External links
- 55 artworks by or after Andrew Geddes at the Art UK site
- Andrew Geddes online (ArtCyclopedia)
- Andrew Geddes (The Walter Scott Digital Archive)
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections