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Lawrence Gowing BIOGRAPHY
1918 - 1991. Known for: Abstract language in the late 1950s and 60s.
Lawrence Gowing, a pupil of William Coldstream and protégé of Clive Bell, developed an abstract language in the late 1950s and 60s. He was a portrait artist whose sitters included Lord Attlee and... Read full biography
Lawrence Gowing, a pupil of William Coldstream and protégé of Clive Bell, developed an abstract language in the late 1950s and 60s. He was a portrait artist whose sitters included Lord Attlee and Lord Halifax. Gowing later became an acclaimed art historian and curator, writing about artists such as... Read full biography
Lawrence Gowing, a pupil of William Coldstream and protégé of Clive Bell, developed an abstract language in the late 1950s and 60s. He was a portrait artist whose sitters included Lord Attlee and Lord Halifax. Gowing later became an acclaimed art historian and curator, writing about artists such as Vermeer, Hogarth, Cezanne, Turner, Matisse, and Lucien Freud. In 1985, he was appointed honorary curator of the Royal Academy of Arts collection.
Lawrence Gowing, a pupil of William Coldstream and protégé of Clive Bell, developed an abstract language in the late 1950s and 60s. He was a portrait artist whose sitters included Lord Attlee and Lord Halifax. Gowing later became an acclaimed art historian and curator, writing about artists such as Vermeer, Hogarth, Cezanne, Turner, Matisse, and Lucien Freud. In 1985, he was appointed honorary curator of the Royal Academy of Arts collection.
Lawrence Gowing, a pupil of William Coldstream and protégé of Clive Bell, developed an abstract language in the late 1950s and 60s. He was a portrait artist whose sitters included Lord Attlee and Lord Halifax. Gowing later became an acclaimed art historian and curator, writing about artists such as Vermeer, Hogarth, Cezanne, Turner, Matisse, and Lucien Freud. In 1985, he was appointed honorary curator of the Royal Academy of Arts collection.
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Lawrence Gowing, a pupil of William Coldstream and protégé of Clive Bell, developed an abstract language in the late 1950s and 60s. He was a portrait artist whose sitters included Lord Attlee and Lord Halifax. Gowing later became an acclaimed art historian and curator, writing about artists such as Vermeer, Hogarth, Cezanne, Turner, Matisse, and Lucien Freud. In 1985, he was appointed honorary curator of the Royal Academy of Arts collection.