Artist: Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918 - 1991)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Sir Lawrence Gowing was a respected painter and writer on art. He studied under Coldstream and initially adopted his mentor’s Euston Road style. He also experimented with abstraction. From 1965 to 1967, Gowing was the deputy director of the Tate Gallery and also a professor at a number of universities. He also wrote several books on artists such as Cezanne, Matisse, and Vermeer. In 1976, Gowing attracted attention with his large canvases depicting outlines of his own nude figure.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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James Bard - Steamer "St. Lawrence" 1850 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Chester Harding - Amos Lawrence c. 1845 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Lady Peel - Sir Thomas Lawrence 1827 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Thomas Lawrence, Engravings from the choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence (London: Henry Graves & Co., [ca. 1846], 1846
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Gilbert Stuart - Lawrence Reid Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Salomon de Bray - The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence 1652 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Dutch
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Andrew Lawrence, La Conversation, 1742
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Andrew Lawrence, La Conversation, 1742
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Thomas Lawrence, Nature, plate 1 in the book, Engravings from the choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence (London: Henry Graves & Co., [ca. 1846], 1835
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Gherardo di Jacopo Starnina - A Bishop Saint and Saint Lawrence c. 1404-1407 tempera and gold on Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Gherardo di Jacopo Starnina - A Bishop Saint and Saint Lawrence c. 1404-1407 tempera and gold on Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Roy De Forest - The Dipolar Girls Take a Voyage on the St. Lawrence 1970 acrylic, polymer and Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Ebb Tide, 1923
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Landscape, 1921
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Old Habitations, 1920
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Sundown, 1923
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Where the ships go out, 1924
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Estuary, 1920
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Bolinas Bay, 1921
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Gentile da Fabriano - Madonna and Child, with Sts. Lawrence and Julian c. 1423-25 tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Lawrence Beall Smith, Skaters, 1939
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Lawrence Beall Smith, Solitude, 1940
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© Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, courtesy of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation ; Jacob Lawrence,
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Lake Tahoe, 1929
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Thomas Lawrence, Lady Seymour, circa 1825
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Richard Houston, Stringer Lawrence, Esq., 18th century
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, A Roadside Tree, 1921
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Lawrence Beall Smith, Frolic, 20th century
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, San Francisco--Mt. Tamalpais, 1927
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Oakland Estuary, 1924
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, Eucalyptus Trees, 1931
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Lawrence Norris Scammon, A Waterfront Habitation, 1924
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Zanobi Strozzi - Saints Nicolas, Lawrence and John the Baptist c. 1450 tempera and gold lea The Hyde Collection Italian
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema, The Itinerant Harpist, 1878
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Cornelis Cort, Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, 16th century
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Lawrence Barrett, Eagle In Repose, 20th century
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Lawrence Beall Smith, Museum Visitor, 1939
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New England Glass Co., Egg cup Bulls eye or Lawrence, circa 1850
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Carlo Coppola, Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, 17th century
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Thomas Lawrence, Other Archer, Earl of Plymouth, circa 1817

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Further Artwork and Information:

Sir Lawrence Gowing Online
Sir Lawrence Gowing (1540 - 1596) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Gowing, Sir, Lawrence (1918 - 1991)
Alibris: Lawrence, Sir Gowing
Amazon.ca: Search Results Books:
NPG 5542; Sir Lawrence Gowing
Index des noms - GOWING Sir Lawrence
Amazon.co.uk: Search Results Books:
Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991), Painter and art historian
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