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1837 Ireland - 1922 La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland. Known for: Painting and etching, topographical scenes.
Robert Charles Goff (1837–1922) was a printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes. As an etcher he was strongly influenced by the work of James McNeill Whistler. Born in Ireland,... Read full biography
Robert Charles Goff (1837–1922) was a printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes. As an etcher he was strongly influenced by the work of James McNeill Whistler. Born in Ireland, he obtained a commission in the 50th Queen's Own Regiment just before his eighteenth birthday. He... Read full biography
Robert Charles Goff (1837–1922) was a printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes. As an etcher he was strongly influenced by the work of James McNeill Whistler. Born in Ireland, he obtained a commission in the 50th Queen's Own Regiment just before his eighteenth birthday. He fought in the Crimean War and became adjutand of his regiment before going to Ceylon and then transferring to the 15th Foot then the Coldstream Guards. Having achieved the rank of colonel, he retired... Read full biography
Robert Charles Goff (1837–1922) was a printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes. As an etcher he was strongly influenced by the work of James McNeill Whistler. Born in Ireland, he obtained a commission in the 50th Queen's Own Regiment just before his eighteenth birthday. He fought in the Crimean War and became adjutand of his regiment before going to Ceylon and then transferring to the 15th Foot then the Coldstream Guards. Having achieved the rank of colonel, he retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1878 to concentrate on his art work, having learned etching from a fellow officer. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1887. In 1877 he married Beatrice Teresa Testaferrata-Abela,... Read full biography
Robert Charles Goff (1837–1922) was a printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes. As an etcher he was strongly influenced by the work of James McNeill Whistler. Born in Ireland, he obtained a commission in the 50th Queen's Own Regiment just before his eighteenth birthday. He fought in the Crimean War and became adjutand of his regiment before going to Ceylon and then transferring to the 15th Foot then the Coldstream Guards. Having achieved the rank of colonel, he retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1878 to concentrate on his art work, having learned etching from a fellow officer. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1887. In 1877 he married Beatrice Teresa Testaferrata-Abela, daughter of Baron Testaferrata-Abela of Malta and had a son, Francis who died in 1891. His wife also died, and in 1899 he r... Read full biography
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Keywords (8)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Egypt
- •Japan
Art Association
- •Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, London
Added Description
- •Printmaking Specialty