William Allan (painter)

William Allan (painter)

Sir William Allan (1782 – 1850) was a distinguished Scottish historical painter, born in Edinburgh and educated at the Royal High School. He was president of the Royal Scottish Academy.

William Allan travelled throughout Russia from 1805 to 1814, and spent much time in the Partitioned Poland. Since the subjects of his paintings did not sell well, he switched to Scottish subjects, illustrating scenes from the writings of his friend, Sir Walter Scott, who promoted his work. Among his most known work are "Circassian Captives" and "Slave-Market at Constantinople".

Works

* "Russian Peasants keeping their Holiday", 1809
* "Bashkirs", 1814, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
* "Frontier Guard", 1814, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
* "The Sale of Circassian Captives to a Turkish Bashaw", 1816
* "Tartar Robbers dividing Spoil", 1817, London, Tate Gallery
* "John Knox admonishing Mary Queen of Scots", 1823
* "The Regent Murray shot by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh", 1825, Woburn Abbey
* "The Black Dwarf", 1827, Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland
* "Lord Byron in a Turkish Fisherman's House after swimming across the Hellespont)", 1831
* "Slave Market", 1838, Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland
* "The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard", Edinburgh, City Art Centre
* "The Recovery of the stolen Child", 1841, Aberdeen, Art Gallery
* "Peter the Great teaching his Subjects the Art of Shipbuilding", 1845, formerly in the Winter Palace of the Hermitage, now lost
* "The Battle of Waterloo", 1845, Sandhurst, Royal Military Academy.

References

* Richard Redgrave; Samuel Redgrave: "A century of British painters". Oxford 1947 (Reprint 1981).
*Esme Gordon: "The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture 1826-1976". Edinburgh 1976.
*Frank Lewis: "A dictionary of British historical painters". Leigh-on-Sea 1979.
*Roisin A. Kennedy: "The subject paintings of Sir William Allan (1782-1850)". University of Edinburgh, 1994.
*"William Allan: artist adventurer". Jeremy Howard with contributions from John Morrison, Sara Stevenson and Andrzej Szczerski. Edinburgh: City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries 2001.

External links

* [http://wwar.com/masters/a/allan-william.html World Art Link Collection on William Allan]
* [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/allan_william.htm Significant Scots: Sir William Allan. Extensive biography] .
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst1257.html Overview of Sir William Allan]

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NAME=Allan, William
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Scottish painter
DATE OF BIRTH=1782
PLACE OF BIRTH=Edinburgh, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH=February 23 1850
PLACE OF DEATH=Edinburgh, Scotland


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