Lawrence Gowing

Lawrence Gowing was a British painter, art historian and university teacher (1918–1991). He was born at London.

Also recorded as Sir Lawrence Burnet Gowing; Lawrence Burnett Gowing; Sir Lawrence Gowing; Lawrence Gowing (Sir); Sir Lawrence Burnett Gowing.

Lawrence Gowing in brief

Born
1918
Died
1991
Known for
painter, art historian and university teacher
Place of birth
London
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Sir Lawrence Burnet Gowing, Lawrence Burnett Gowing, Sir Lawrence Gowing, Lawrence Gowing (Sir) and Sir Lawrence Burnett Gowing. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Horace Burnett Gowing and [Clara] Louisa Lawrence. He married Julia Strachey and Jennifer Akam Wallis.

Career and activity

He was employed by University of Leeds, Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Durham University and Slade School of Fine Art. He belonged to Royal Academy of Arts and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Recognition and collections

Lawrence Gowing received Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Work by Lawrence Gowing is held by Auckland Art Gallery, Tate, National Gallery of Canada and Art Gallery of South Australia.

Identity

What the record establishes about Lawrence Gowing.

Alexander Dunlop Lindsay (1879–1952), 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, President of the Union (1902), Fellow (1906–1922), Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (1922–1924), Master (19 is dated 1946 and held by Balliol College (inventory 89). Roger Stevens (1906–1980), GCMG, MA, LLD, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds (1963–1970) is dated 1971 and held by Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery (inventory LEEUA1971.1). Sir Humphrey Mynors (1903–1989), Deputy Governor of the Bank of England is dated 1965 and held by Bank of England Museum (inventory 0837). Cherry Copse at Stock Close, near Aldbourne is dated 1951 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 245). Lawrence Gowing is recorded as having received Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The River Kennet at Chilton, Wiltshire is catalogued and held by Herbert Art Gallery and Museum (inventory VA.1962.0002).

Lawrence Gowing is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Miss S. of Winlaton Mill is dated 1952 and held by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (inventory MIDMA/FA/0945). Julia Strachey (1901–1979) is dated 1940 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 94). Wood: Yellow and Blue II is dated 1964 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 767). Woods Near Petworth, West Sussex is dated 1947 and held by Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (inventory FA000334). Judith at Sixteen is dated 1945 and held by Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (inventory 256/1968).

Still Life: Decaying Apples is dated 1946 and held by Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (inventory K2639). Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood is dated 1944 and held by National Portrait Gallery (inventory NPG 6405). Gifford's Copse is dated 1961 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 617). Alexander Fleck, Baron Fleck is dated 1957 and held by National Portrait Gallery (inventory NPG 4662). Briar and Hawthorn at Savernake is dated 1952 and held by Laing Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : F5190). Track through Willis's Wood II is dated 1961 and held by Government Art Collection (inventory 6842).

Miss R. of Dinnington Village is dated 1951 and held by Manchester Art Gallery (inventory 1955.114). Green Apples on a Bamboo Table is dated 1941 and held by Nottingham Museums (inventory NCM 1944-29). Portrait of Andrew Cakebread is dated 1945 and held by National Gallery of Canada (inventory 4765). Portrait of a Youth (Alfie Bass) is dated 1940 and held by Museum & Art Swindon (inventory AG111). A Dance to the Music of Time is dated 1948 and held by UCL Art Museum (inventory LDUCS: PC5681). Miss Baker is dated 1947 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 8).

Activity and practice

Lawrence Gowing is recorded as having studied at Leighton Park School and The Downs, Malvern College Prep School.

Works and catalogued output

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 40 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 6 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 30 works under this heading.

Catalogued works

69 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1938 to 1996.

Window at Roquebrune, dated 1955, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1956/30. Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, dated 1944, held by National Portrait Gallery, inventory NPG 6405. Alexander Fleck, Baron Fleck, dated 1957, held by National Portrait Gallery, inventory NPG 4662. Sir Isaiah Berlin, dated 1982, held by National Portrait Gallery, inventory NPG 5523. Mrs Roberts, dated 1944, held by National Gallery, inventory N05627. Portrait of Sir Norman Reid, dated 1980, held by Tate, inventory T03208. Wellington Square, dated 1944, held by Tate, inventory T06489. Wood: Parabolic Perspective, dated 1963, held by Tate, inventory T00719. Path with Elder and Hazel, dated 1959, held by Tate, inventory T00475. Portrait of Hester Chapman, dated 1944, held by Fitzwilliam Museum, inventory PD.45-1976. Portrait of Andrew Cakebread, dated 1945, held by National Gallery of Canada, inventory 4765. Miss C, held by Art Gallery of South Australia, inventory 0.2013. The River Kennet at Chilton, Wiltshire, held by Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, inventory VA.1962.0002. Farm near Aix-en-Provence, dated 1938, held by New College, inventory 4916. Portrait of a Youth (Alfie Bass), dated 1940, held by Museum & Art Swindon, inventory AG111. Julia Strachey (1901–1979), dated 1940, held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, inventory AC 94. Apples II, dated 1940, held by Museum & Art Swindon, inventory AG112. Green Apples on a Bamboo Table, dated 1941, held by Nottingham Museums, inventory NCM 1944-29. Alexander Dunlop Lindsay (1879–1952), 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, President of the Union (1902), Fellow (1906–1922), Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (1922–1924), Master (19, dated 1946, held by Balliol College, inventory 89. Still Life: Flowers, dated 1944, held by British Council, inventory P10. Judith at Sixteen, dated 1945, held by Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, inventory 256/1968. Still Life: Decaying Apples, dated 1946, held by Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, inventory K2639. Woods Near Petworth, West Sussex, dated 1947, held by Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, inventory FA000334. Miss Baker, dated 1947, held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, inventory AC 8. A Dance to the Music of Time, dated 1948, held by UCL Art Museum, inventory LDUCS: PC5681. Judith at Eighteen, dated 1948, held by British Council, inventory P55. Cherry Copse at Stock Close, near Aldbourne, dated 1951, held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, inventory AC 245. Miss R. of Dinnington Village, dated 1951, held by Manchester Art Gallery, inventory 1955.114. Miss S. of Winlaton Mill, dated 1952, held by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, inventory MIDMA/FA/0945. Briar and Hawthorn at Savernake, dated 1952, held by Laing Art Gallery, inventory TWCMS : F5190. Ilse Magdalene R., dated 1953, held by Nottingham Museums, inventory NCM 1955-46. Fields at Savernake, dated 1959, held by Government Art Collection, inventory 4950. Gifford's Copse, dated 1961, held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, inventory AC 617. Track through Willis's Wood II, dated 1961, held by Government Art Collection, inventory 6842. Lord Adrian, dated 1962. Self Portrait, dated 1963, held by Ruth Borchard, inventory PCF41. Wood: Yellow and Blue II, dated 1964, held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, inventory AC 767. Sir Humphrey Mynors (1903–1989), Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, dated 1965, held by Bank of England Museum, inventory 0837. Wood: In Parabolic Areas, dated 1965, held by UCL Art Museum, inventory PC5725. Roger Stevens (1906–1980), GCMG, MA, LLD, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds (1963–1970), dated 1971, held by Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, inventory LEEUA1971.1. Odilon Redon The Woodner Collection. Turner. Hogarth. Britannica biographical encyclopedia of artists. Jan Vermeer (Blandford art series). Vermeer. Lucian Freud. Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists Volume 2 Albrecht Durer-Jan Lievensz ISBN 0816058059. Paul Cezanne. A Biographical dictionary of artists. A History of art. The Encyclopedia of visual art. Biographical encyclopedia of artists. Facts on File encyclopedia of art. The Edwardians and after. The Encyclopedia of Visual Art, Set, dated 1989. Fran cisco Goya, dated 1978. Hogarth, with a biographical essay by Ronald Paulson, dated 1972. Jan Vermeer, dated 1962. Johannes Vermeer, dated 1961. Lawrence Gowing, dated 1983. Les Peintures du Louvre, dated 1996. Matisse World Of Art Series. Painter and apple, dated 1983. Paul Cézanne, dated 1988. Studies from nature, dated 1982. Cezanne, the early years, 1859-1872, dated 1988. Hogarth / with a biographical essay by Ronald Paulson., dated [1971], held by Wellcome Collection. Offprints: Neutron Therapy: Breast, Gliobastoma, Rectum, Melanoma, Mesothelioma, Stomach, dated 1975-1987, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 11 named public collections.

Tate: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Government Art Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Portrait Gallery: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Gallery: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum & Art Swindon: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Nottingham Museums: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Balliol College: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. British Council: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Gowing, Lawrence (Sir), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Lawrence Gowing: <i>Vermeer</i>, Art Journal, 1971.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Lawrence Gowing studied at Leighton Park School and The Downs, Malvern College Prep School. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.

Employment is recorded with University of Leeds, Camberwell College of Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. Membership is recorded of Royal Academy of Arts and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Work by Lawrence Gowing is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Tate, National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of South Australia and National Portrait Gallery.

Distinctions recorded are Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Chronology

  1. 1918Lawrence Gowing born at London.
  2. 1918Lawrence Gowing was born in 1918 at London.
  3. 1940Portrait of a Youth (Alfie Bass) is dated 1940 and held by Museum & Art Swindon (inventory AG111).
  4. 1941Green Apples on a Bamboo Table is dated 1941 and held by Nottingham Museums (inventory NCM 1944-29).
  5. 1944Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood is dated 1944 and held by National Portrait Gallery (inventory NPG 6405).
  6. 1944Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (National Portrait Gallery).
  7. 1944Mrs Roberts (National Gallery).
  8. 1945Judith at Sixteen is dated 1945 and held by Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (inventory 256/1968).
  9. 1945Portrait of Andrew Cakebread is dated 1945 and held by National Gallery of Canada (inventory 4765).
  10. 1946Still Life: Decaying Apples is dated 1946 and held by Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (inventory K2639).
  11. 1947Woods Near Petworth, West Sussex is dated 1947 and held by Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (inventory FA000334).
  12. 1947Miss Baker is dated 1947 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 8).
  13. 1948A Dance to the Music of Time is dated 1948 and held by UCL Art Museum (inventory LDUCS: PC5681).
  14. 1951Cherry Copse at Stock Close, near Aldbourne is dated 1951 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 245).
  15. 1951Miss R. of Dinnington Village is dated 1951 and held by Manchester Art Gallery (inventory 1955.114).
  16. 1952Miss S. of Winlaton Mill is dated 1952 and held by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (inventory MIDMA/FA/0945).
  17. 1952Briar and Hawthorn at Savernake is dated 1952 and held by Laing Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : F5190).
  18. 1952Veermeer (1952) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  19. 1955Window at Roquebrune (Auckland Art Gallery).
  20. 1957Alexander Fleck, Baron Fleck is dated 1957 and held by National Portrait Gallery (inventory NPG 4662).
  21. 1957Alexander Fleck, Baron Fleck (National Portrait Gallery).
  22. 1961Gifford's Copse is dated 1961 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 617).
  23. 1961Track through Willis's Wood II is dated 1961 and held by Government Art Collection (inventory 6842).
  24. 1961vermeer (1961) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  25. 1962The River Kennet at Chilton, Wiltshire is catalogued and held by Herbert Art Gallery and Museum (inventory VA.1962.0002).
  26. 1964Wood: Yellow and Blue II is dated 1964 and held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (inventory AC 767).
  27. 1971Hogarth (1971) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  28. 1980Portrait of Sir Norman Reid (Tate).
  29. 1982Sir Isaiah Berlin (National Portrait Gallery).
  30. 1991Lawrence Gowing died at London.
  31. 1991Lawrence Gowing died in 1991 at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Gowing, Lawrence (Sir), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Gowing, Sir Lawrence (Burnett), (21 April 1918–5 Feb. 1991), painter and writer on painting; Hon. Curator, Royal Academy collections and Chairman, Exhibitions Committee, since 1985; Curatorial Chairman, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 1987–89, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Lawrence Gowing: <i>Vermeer</i>, Art Journal, 1971

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Made in England : histoire de l’art, critique et commissariat d’exposition sous la plume de Lawrence Alloway, Dawn Ades et Lawrence Gowing, Critique d’art, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Lawrence Gowing (Internet Archive), 59 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 6 digitised items catalogued under Lawrence Gowing as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Lawrence Gowing.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1809181: Lawrence Gowing

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Lawrence Gowing”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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