David Gauld

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David Gauld
Stipple-point of David Gauld c.1895
Born(1865-11-07)7 November 1865
Glasgow
Died18 June 1936(1936-06-18) (aged 70)
East Kilbride
NationalityBritish
EducationGlasgow School of Art
Known forPainting
Music, stained glass by David Gauld 1891 (detail)

David Gauld (7 November 1865 – 18 June 1936) was an important Scottish artist who worked in both oils and stained glass and was regarded as being one of the innovators within the

Pre-Raphaelite
influence upon them.

Biography

St Agnes by David Gauld 1889, National Gallery of Scotland
Portrait head by David Gauld, 1893

Gauld was born in Glasgow and served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and stained glass designer under Stephen Adam[2] and then attended Glasgow School of Art from 1882 to 1885.[3] He came to public notice in the 1880s when he supplied a series of Japanese-influenced pen and ink drawings for the Glasgow Weekly Citizen.[4]

Gauld shared the Castlemains Studio in Kirkcudbright with William Stewart MacGeorge and then in later life shared a studio with Harrington Mann at 31 St Vincent Street in Glasgow from 1891 to 1894. During this time he designed stained glass windows for Guthrie and Wells.[3] In 1895 Gauld appears to have split from Mann, and their friendship ended. Gauld then took new premises at 138 West George Street in Glasgow.[5] He also lived at various locations in Kirkcudbright, Glasgow and North Berwick. In 1889 he returned to the Glasgow School of Art and was promoted by Alexander Reid.[6] He later also studied in Paris for a period that year.[3] Like other artists from Glasgow, Gauld spent time at the artists colony at Grez-sur-Loing in France.[7]

He was elected an Associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1918 and became a full member of the Academy in 1924.[8] He was sculpted by William Shirreffs in 1896.[9]

Gauld died on 18 June 1936 at Lymekilns Nursing Home in East Kilbride. He is buried in East Kilbride Cemetery.[4]

Works

Gauld has works in most Scottish galleries, being particularly well represented in the

Hunterian Art Gallery in Glasgow. His typical subjects included cows, calves and mills, but he did occasionally do portraiture. Works of note are:[10]

  • Raploch, Stirling, showing Stirling Castle, Glasgow Museums
  • East Linton Mill, Glasgow Museums
  • Robert Stewart,
    Lord Provost
    of Glasgow 1851-4, Glasgow Museums
  • Mary in Brown, Hunterian Art Gallery
  • The Ramparts of Montreuil-sur-Mer in Snow, Hunterian Art Gallery
  • Chateau in Bruges, Hunterian Art Gallery
  • Music, Hunterian Art Gallery
  • St Agnes,
    National Gallery of Scotland
  • Kirkcudbright Castle, East Ayrshire Council
  • Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway Council

Stained Glass

References

  1. ^ Victoria Fine Art. "David Gauld Biography of Artist". Victoria Fine Art. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Always happy in his designs: The legacy of Stephen Adam".
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-297-77713-0. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help
    )
  4. ^ a b Pollockshields Heritage. "David Gauld (1865–1936)". Pollockshields Heritage. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  5. ^ Glasgow stained glass, by Michael Donnelly
  6. ^ Alexander Reid in Context, Frances Fowle,_vol1
  7. ISBN 1-85149-106-6
    .
  8. ^ artistsfootsteps.co.uk
  9. ^ "William Shirreffs – Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  10. ^ bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/david-gauld/paintings

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