Artist: Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784)
Nationality: British
Movement: British School of Portraiture
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Son of famous poet Allan Ramsay, his son of the same name was raised and well educated in his hometown of Edinburgh. He also trained there, but eventually traveled to Rome and came under the influence of Pompeo Batoni, a fashionable Italian portraitist. In 1762, Ramsay moved to London and became the Principal Painter to King George III five years later. He also helped to found the Royal Academy in 1768. A very successful and talented portraitist artist, Ramsay was known for expressiveness and emotions in his paintings. He also published several philosophical essays.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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David Allan, Scottish, 1744-1796 Frontispiece designed by Allan Ramsay, Scottish, 1713-1784 Poet Ramsay [Book] Allan
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DAVID WEMYSS, LORD ELCHO (2e quart 18e siècle) by RAMSAY Allan
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LA REINE CHARLOTTE (1762 après) by RAMSAY Allan (atelier)
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Allan Ramsay - Queen Charlotte 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English
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Allan Ramsay - King George III 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English
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Allan Ramsay - Portrait of Mrs. Mary Martin 1761 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Portrait de la comtesse Elisabeth de Salisbury (1769) by RAMSAY Allan
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Henry Wolf The Sonata, after the painting by Irving Ramsay Wiles, now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1985.7) wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf The Sonata, after the painting by Irving Ramsay Wiles, now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1985.7) wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Irving Ramsay Wiles The Sonata oil on canvas 1889
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James Peale - The Ambush of Captain Allan McLane 1803 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts American
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Aladdin Lamp, Allan Adler (United States, 1916 - 2002) , circa 1940, Sterling silver
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Madame Allan (19e siècle) by MARIE (imprimeur) ; HEUGEL & Cie (éditeur)
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William Allan William Allan/ Recent Watercolors and Paintings/ the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/ California Palace of the Legion of Honor/ 20 July through 8 September 1974 color offset lithograph poster 1974
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David Allan Preaching in the Collosseum at Rome etching 18th century
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Bates Van Allan, Douglas Busch (United States, born 1951) , 1973, Gelatin-silver print
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Allan Kaprow untitled, plate on p. 101 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Allan Kaprow untitled, plate on p. 100 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Coffee Pot, Allan Adler (United States, 1916 - 2002) , circa 1960, Sterling silver, wood
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William Allan Trout lithograph 1973
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Elizabeth Allan, Clarence Sinclair Bull (United States, 1895 - 1979) , circa 1936, Gelatin-silver print
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Ramsay Richard Reinagle - Landscape near Tivoli, with part of the Claudian Aqueduct n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Allan Tomales Color aquatint 1975
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Prisonniers amenés aux pieds d'un Oriental (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1ère moitié 19e siècle) by NORMAND Charles Pierre Joseph (attribué à) ; ALLAN Sir William (inspiré par)
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Water Pitcher, Allan Adler (United States, 1916 - 2002) , Designed 1948; fabricated circa 1951, Sterling silver
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Plaster Surrogates, Allan McCollum (United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1944) , 1984, Enamel on cast hydrostone plaster
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Attaque d'un carosse dans la montagne (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1ère moitié 19e siècle) by NORMAND Charles Pierre Joseph (attribué à) ; ALLAN Sir William (inspiré par)
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Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) "The Gateshead Giant" (Mr. William Allan, M.P.), Statesman No. 623, from Vanity Fair, October 26, 1893 Lithograph 1893
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Woman’s Dress and Collar, Lucinda Allan , circa 1820-1830, Wood block printed cotton chintz
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Plaster Surrogates (No. 11), Allan McCollum (United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1944) , 1982-1990, Enamel on Hydrocal plaster
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La mauvaise nouvelle (1989) by PAUQUET ; NORMAND Charles Pierre Joseph (attribué à) ; ALLAN Sir William (inspiré par)
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Charles Allan (C.A.) Gilbert Scribner's May (Life at Wellesley) by Miss Goadlau color lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and Allan Pakula from ’Klute’, Bob Willoughby (United States, born 1927) , 1970, printed 1986, Gelatin-silver print
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Divine Inspiration of Music, Nicolas Regnier (Flanders, 1591 - 1667)  (Artist), circa 1640, Oil on canvas
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Untitled, Allan McCollum (United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1944) , 1974, Silkscreen on Arches paper, backed by Roll Rives paper
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Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley San Francisco Rock Poster; Family Dog Productions, "Edgar Allan Poe," Daily Flash; Country Joe amd the Fish; Avalon Ballroom, 10/21-22/66 lithograph 1966
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Woman’s Dress with Cape Collar, Lucinda Allan , circa 1825, Copper-plate printed cotton chintz
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Untitled, Allan Ludwig (United States, born 1937) , 1987, Platinum-palladium print
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Untitled, Allan Ludwig (United States, born 1937) , 1987, Platinum-palladium print
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Allan D'Arcangelo - Landscape 1964 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Allan D'Arcangelo - Landscape c. 1967 acrylic on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Inco Smelter, Worker’s Lounge Overlooking Parliament Hill, Bank of Canada, Allan Sekula (United States, born 1951) , 1987, Diptych; silver dye-bleach (Cibachrome) prints, framed separately
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Inco Smelter, Worker’s Lounge Overlooking Parliament Hill, Bank of Canada, Allan Sekula (United States, born 1951) , 1987, Diptych; silver dye-bleach (Cibachrome) prints, framed separately
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Twentieth Century Fox Set for Titanic, Mussel Gatherers, Popotla, Baja California, Allan Sekula (United States, born 1951) , 1997, Diptych; silver-dye bleach (Cibachrome) prints, on one sheet, framed
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Verso of Sliced Face #1, Allan Ludwig (United States, born 1937) , 1985, Platinum-palladium print
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Verso of Sliced Face #1, Allan Ludwig (United States, born 1937) , 1985, Platinum-palladium print
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 By the Sea 1865 Oil on canvas 20.32 x 35.88
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Farmhouse 1868 Oil on canvas 40.32 x 65.09 cm (15
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Allan Rohan Crite - Harriet and Leon 1941 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Allan Rohan Crite - Marble Players 1938 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 At the Shore 1860 Oil on canvas 50.8 x 104.14
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Inco Smelter, Worker’s Lounge Overlooking Parliament Hill, Bank of Canada, Allan Sekula (United States, born 1951) , 1987, Diptych; silver dye-bleach (Cibachrome) prints, framed separately
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 The Alps about 1847 Oil on panel 27.3 x 35.24
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 The Wagoner 1850 Oil on panel 17.14 x 19.68 cm
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Farmhouse at Rye Beach, New Hampshire 1870 Oil on board
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Rocks at Cohasset 1869 Oil on board 30.16 x 48.26
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Allan Mack-Aulay,....fourteenth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th ce
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Allan Gwynne-Jones - Spring Evening, Froxfield 1922 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Allan D'Arcangelo - Number One Of Road Series 2 1965 acrylic on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Presidential Range in Early Autumn about 1855 Oil on paperboard

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Gasworks Gallery: Dead of Night: John Beagles and Graham Ramsay
Dead of Night will take these long running concerns into a new direction with work that extends their interest in theatrical self-portraiture, and the grotesque doppelganger. For the duration of the exhibition the gallery will be transformed into ...
Artrageously RamsayOng: Zarina Binti Abdullah: Dari Mata Ke Mata
Artrageously RamsayOng showcases paintings by Ramsay Ong, Narong Daun, Ngau Jau, choice old and new textiles, natural fibre mats, old traditional baskets, traditional wood carvings, asian styled furniture, exclusively designed bead works, tribal...
The Sunflower Centre: Inspiration of Three Countries
This exciting exhibition will officially open at 5:00 p.m. on the 6th day of October 2000 and will carry on until Sunday, the 8th day of October 2000. So what better way to spend sometime on a weekend then a visit to Inspiration of Three Countrie...

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