William Allan (painter)

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Sir William Allan (1782 – 1850) was a distinguished Scottish historical painter, born at Edinburgh, many of his paintings being on national subjects. William Allan travelled throughout Russia from 1805 to 1814, and he spend much time especially in the Partitioned Poland. His paintings on subject matters from his experiences abroad were considered exotic and did not sell well, so Allan turned to Scottish subjects, notably illustrating scenes from the writings of his friend, Sir Walter Scott, who patronised his work. Later, in succession to David Wilkie, president of the Royal Scottish Academy. Among his most famous work are "Circassian Captives" and "Slave-Market at Constantinople".

[edit] Works

• Russian Peasants keeping their Holiday, um 1809
• Bashkirs, 1814, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
• Frontier Guard, 1814, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
• The Sale of Circassian Captives to a Turkish Bashaw, 1816
• Tartar Robbers dividing Spoil, 1817, Tate Gallery London
• John Knox admonishing Mary Queen of Scots, 1823
• The Regent Murray shot by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, gegen 1825, Woburn Abbey
• The Black Dwarf, 1827, National Gallery of Scotland
• Lord Byron in a Turkish Fisherman's House after swimming across the Hellespont), 1831
• Slave Market, 1838, Edingburgh, National Gallery of Scotland
• The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, City Art Centre,
• The Recovery of the stolen Child, 1841, Aberdeen, Art Gallery
• Peter the Great teaching his Subjects the Art of Shipbuilding, 1845, formerly Winter Palais of Hermitage, lost
• The Battle of Waterloo, 1845, Sandhurst, Royal Military Academy.

[edit] References

• Richard Redgrave; Samuel Redgrave: A century of British painters. Oxford 1947 (Reprint 1981).
• Esme Gordon: The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture 1826-1976. Edinburgh 1976.
• Frank Lewis: A dictionary of British historical painters. Leigh-on-Sea 1979.
• Roisin A. Kennedy: The subject paintings of Sir William Allan (1782-1850). University of Edinburgh, 1994.
• William Allan: artist adventurer. Jeremy Howard with contributions from John Morrison, Sara Stevenson and Andrzej Szczerski. Edinburgh: City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries 2001.

[edit] External links

• World Art Link Collection on William Allan
• Significant Scots: Sir William Allan. Extensive biography.
• Overview of Sir William Allan

Persondata
NAME	Allan, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Scottish painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1782
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edinburgh, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 1850
PLACE OF DEATH	Edinburgh, Scotland