William Gale (painter)
William Gale | |
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Born | 1823 London, England |
Died | 1909 |
Nationality | English |
Education | Art Academy of Mr Sass, Bloomsbury, London; Royal Academy, London |
Known for | Painter |
Movement | Orientalist; pre-Raphaelite school |
Website | William Gale: Victorian Artist |
William Gale (1823–1909) was a British painter of the pre-Raphaelite school.
Life and career[]
Gale was born in London. He exhibited annually at the Royal Academy 1844–93, but was never elected a member. He exhibited regularly at the British Institution and at the Royal Society of British Artists.[1]
In 1851, he married and travelled to Italy for his honeymoon. Like many of his contemporary artists, he travelled the Middle East in 1862 and again 1867. He was a prolific artist; his output included sentimental, biblical and mythological subjects, and portraits and Orientalist pictures. There are examples of his work in the Tate Gallery, in the , and in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[2]
His painting Christ's Entry into Jerusalem features in the sleeve notes of the 2011 album 90 Bisodol (Crimond) by the band Half Man Half Biscuit.[citation needed]
Selected works[]
- Young Celadon and his Amelia, 1845
- Chaucer's Dream, 1850
- Cydippe, 1851
- The Captured Runaway, 1856 (John Scott Collection)
- Nazareth, (wood engraving), 1856
- Eastern Woman, 1856
- Eyes to the Blind, 1861
- After the Spanish, c. 1861
- Blind Bartemeus, 1865
- Nearing Home, 1866
- The Holy Family, 1866
- Interior, Algiers, 1867
- The Favourite, date unknown
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "William Gale," Farhat Cultural Centre, Online: https://farhatculturalcenter.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/william-gale-1823-1909/
- ^ "William Gale (1823–1909), Painter". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- 1823 births
- 1909 deaths
- 19th-century English painters
- Artists' Rifles soldiers
- English male painters
- Orientalist painters
- Painters from London
- Pre-Raphaelite painters