Three daughters of King Lear by Gustav Pope

Gustav Pope (1831–1910) was a British painter of Austrian origin. Active in the

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, he incorporated several styles on his work, but in his mature style he showed influences of the second wave of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Life and career

Little is known about Pope's training as a painter, but he is listed as a regular exhibitor in London from 1852 to 1895, at the British Institution, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy. His work shows the influence of Thomas Seddon,

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and Frederic, Lord Leighton. English literary sources, classical mythology, portraiture and idealized images of young women are the most typical subjects in his paintings. Some sources shows Gustav Pope as deceased by 1895, based on the last year he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Nevertheless, a Cemetery register shows 1910 as the year of his death. In 1910, the painting ''A Rainy Day'' was presented to the

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. He was a resident of Chelsea, according to the 1901 London Census.

Selected works

* ''The Three Daughters of King Lear'' (1875–76; Museo de Art de Ponce, Puerto Rico) * ''Lillies'' (1874), sold at Auction at Christie's, London in 2009 * ''The Judgement of Paris (The Apple of the Discord)'' (1889), sold at auction at Christie's, London in 2006. * ''Dante’s Inspiration'', sold at auction at Christie's, London in 2014.Christie's Victorian and British Impressionist Art. Catalogue, 14 November 2013. London South Kensington Gustav Pope - Dante's Inspiration

* ''Accident or Design? work later engraved for The Illustrated London Almanack''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Gustav British male painters 19th-century British painters 1831 births 1910 deaths Members of the Royal Society of British Artists Pre-Raphaelite painters 19th-century British male artists