Robert McGowan Coventry
Robert McGowan Coventry or Robert McGown Coventry (1855–1914) was a Scottish painter born in Glasgow.
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Robert McGowan Coventry
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- Born
- 1855 · Glasgow.
- Died
- 1914 · Glasgow.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Glasgow School of Art
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Robert McGowan Coventry studied at Glasgow School of Art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands, Dordrecht and Volendam. Work by Robert McGowan Coventry is recorded in the collections of Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, National Museum Cardiff, The Fleming Collection, McLean Museum and Art Gallery and Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.
Coventry studied at the Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees and in Paris. Although he traveled much to the continent and the Middle East, many of his paintings depict quayside and highland scenes from eastern Scotland. He used the signature "R M G COVENTRY". His daughter, Gertrude Mary was also an artist, known for her portrait paintings. In 1889 Coventry became a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and in 1906 he was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, RSA. He exhibited his marine and landscape paintings mainly at the RSA.
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Robert McGowan Coventry lived from 1855 to 1914 and was a draughtsman and painter. The birth of Robert McGowan Coventry is recorded in 1855 in Glasgow, and the death in 1914 in Glasgow.
ROBERT MCGOWN COVENTRY A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1855-1941) ON THE SEINE, NOTRE DAME IN THE DISTANCE Signed, oil on board 41cm x 51cm (16in x 20in)
Robert McGowan Coventry
ROBERT MCGOWN COVENTRY A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1855-1941) PORTSOY HARBOUR Signed, oil on canvas 101.5cm x 127cm (40in x 50in) Presented by Sir John Anderson, 1940.
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- 1.David Buckman. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. 0-953260-95-X.
- 2.Leighton Fine Art. Robert McGowan Coventry ARSA HRSA RE (1855–1941).
- 3.Fine Art Society. Eastern encounters: Orientalist painters of the nineteenth century : [catalogue of an exhibition] 26 June – 28 July, 1978. Fine Art Society in association with David Hughes and Louise Whitford Ltd. 42. 1978. 1053169872.
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