Robert Gavin
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| Born | 1827 |
| Died | 5 October 1883 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Robert Gavin, R.S.A. (1827 – 5 October 1883) was a Scottish painter.
Biography
Gavin was the second son of Peter Gavin, a merchant at Leith, where the painter was born in 1827. His father was a ship chandler with premises on Commercial Street opposite the Customs House and living at 1 Great Junction Street at the foot of Leith Walk.[1]
He was educated at the Leith High School, and when about twenty-one years of age he entered the School of Design in Edinburgh, and studied under Thomas Duncan. From 1846 he lived with his parents in a larger house at James Place facing Leith Links.[2] From 1853 he left the family home and rented rooms at 15 Gayfield Square at the top of Leith Walk.[3]
Gavin painted a large number of familiar and rustic subjects, mainly landscape compositions with figures of children, which became very popular. Some of these, such as the Reaping Girl and Phœbe Mayflower, were reproduced in
He returned to Scotland in 1880, and continued to paint subjects of Moorish life and manners until his death, which took place at his residence, Cherry Bank, Newhaven, near Edinburgh, on 5 Oct. 1883. He was buried in Warriston Cemetery.
External links
References
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Gavin, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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