John Graham (painter)
John Graham | |
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| Born | John Graham c. 1754 |
| Died | 1 November 1817 (aged 62–63) |
| Known for | Painting |
John Graham (1754 – 1 November 1817) was an 18th-century Scottish painter and teacher of art.
Life
Graham was born in
Graham was nominated four times between 1793 and 1797 for associate membership to the Royal Academy, but failed to win election. Duncan Thomson, in his article in the
Through the influence of the banker Sir
According to Armstrong, Betterton, Johnstone, Stephen, and Thomson, he was an "inspirational and effective" teacher and "a number of important nineteenth-century Scottish artists benefited from his teaching—David Wilkie, William Allan, John Burnet, Alexander Fraser, Walter Geikie, John Watson Gordon, John Henning, and William Home Lizars.[2][3] In 1859, the Royal Scottish Academy bought his The Disobedient Prophet, writing of Graham that he was a "Master to whom Scottish Art had been considerably indebted".[2] The painting hung in the National Gallery of Scotland until 1896, when it disappeared.[2] Graham painted portraits, including one of the actress Tryphosa Jane Wallis,[4] and Alderman John Boydell. He also painted animal pictures, such as the series of lion and tiger paintings he made of the menagerie in the Tower of London.
Graham died at his home "after a severe and lingering illness" on 1 November 1817.[2]
Works
- Daniel in the lions' den (1780)
- Una (1783)
- Ceres in Search of Proserpine (1786)
- The Escape of Mary, Queen of Scots, from Lochleven Castle, presented by Alderman Boydell with a portrait of himself, also of Graham, at Stationers' Hall
- Mary, the Morning before her Execution (1792)
- King David instructing Salomon (1797)
- The Funeral of General Fraser at Saratoga
- The Disobedient Prophet, National Gallery of Scotland
Notes
- ^ Stephen 1890, p. 350.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Thomson, “John Graham”.
- ^ Johnstone 1859, p. 73, Armstrong 1888, p. 20, Stephen 1891, p. 426, Betterton et al. 2019, p. 338
- ^ "Tryphosa Jane Wallis (later Campbell) - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
References
- Armstrong, Walter (1888). Scottish Painters: A Critical Study. Seeley.
- Betterton, J.; Craig, J.; Mendum, J. R.; Neller, R.; Tanner, J. (2019). Aspects of the Life and Works of Archibald Geikie. Geological Society of London. ISBN 978-1-78620-402-8.
- Johnstone, W. B. (1859). Catalogue, Descriptive and Historical, of the National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb.
- Stephen, Leslie (1890). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 22. Smith, Elder & Co.
- Stephen, Leslie (1891). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. Smith, Elder & Co.
- Thomson, Duncan. "John Graham". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved on 8 February 2008.
Further reading
- Hamerton, Philip Gilbert (1887). The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical. Seeley. pp. 88–90.
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