David Gauld (7 November 1865 – 18 June 1936) was an important Scottish artist who worked in both oils and stained glass and was regarded as being one of the innovators within the

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group. Some of his works, such as ''St Agnes'' and ''Music'' are seen as precursors of the

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movement. His works were seen as having both a Japanese and

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influence upon them.

Biography

Gauld was born in

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and served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and stained glass designer under Stephen Adam and then attended

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from 1882 to 1885. He came to public notice in the 1880s when he supplied a series of Japanese-influenced pen and ink drawings for the ''Glasgow Weekly Citizen''. Gauld shared the Castlemains Studio in

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with

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and then in later life shared a studio with

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at 31 St Vincent Street in Glasgow from 1891 to 1894. During this time he designed stained glass windows for Guthrie and Wells. In 1895 Gauld appears to have split from Mann, and their friendship ended. Gauld then took new premises at 138 West George Street in Glasgow. He also lived at various locations in

, Glasgow and

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. In 1889 he returned to the Glasgow School of Art and was promoted by Alexander Reid. He later also studied in Paris for a period that year. Like other artists from Glasgow, Gauld spent time at the artists colony at

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in France. He was elected an Associate member of the

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in 1918 and became a full member of the Academy in 1924. He was sculpted by William Shirreffs in 1896. Gauld died on 18 June 1936 at Lymekilns Nursing Home in

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. He is buried in East Kilbride Cemetery.

Works

Gauld has works in most Scottish galleries, being particularly well represented in the

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in Glasgow. His typical subjects included cows, calves and mills, but he did occasionally do portraiture. Works of note are:bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/david-gauld/paintings * Raploch, Stirling, showing

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, Glasgow Museums * East Linton Mill, Glasgow Museums * Robert Stewart,

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of Glasgow 1851-4, Glasgow Museums * Mary in Brown, Hunterian Art Gallery * The Ramparts of Montreuil-sur-Mer in Snow, Hunterian Art Gallery * Chateau in

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, Hunterian Art Gallery * Music, Hunterian Art Gallery * St Agnes,

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* Kirkcudbright Castle, East Ayrshire Council *

, Dumfries and Galloway Council

Stained Glass

*The Druids, Rosehaugh House. 1896 *

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Parish Church *

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Parish Church, 1895 *"Praise" window, Upper Largo, 1896 *"Music" Kelvingrove Art Gallery

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gauld, David 1865 births 1936 deaths Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art Artists from Glasgow Scottish stained glass artists and manufacturers 19th-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish male artists