Edwin John Alexander
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RSW RWS (1870–1926) was a Scottish artist known for his pictures of animals and birds.
Life
He was born in
Edinburgh in February 1870 the eldest son of the artist
Robert Alexander and his wife.
In 1887 and 1888 he accompanied his father on a trip to
Tangiers with
Joseph Crawhall III and
Pollock Nisbet
Pollock or pollack (pronounced ) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus ''Pollachius''. '' Pollachius pollachius'' is referred to as pollock in North America, Ireland and the United ...
. On his return to Britain he studied art formally in the RSA school (the Royal Institution in Edinburgh) and then under
Emmanuel Fremiet in
Paris but did not receive any formal qualifications.
In 1892 he returned to North Africa and settled on the
Nile, living on a houseboat on the river for 4 years. He learned
Arabic and began painting desert life in
Egypt.
He died in
Musselburgh
Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of .
History
The name Musselburgh is Ol ...
in April 1926. He his buried in
Inveresk Cemetery in the northern section, on a wall backing onto the original churchyard to the south (east of the large red granite monument to John Brunton).
Family
He married in 1904.
He was brother-in-law to the artists
Alexander Ignatius Roche and to
William Walls
William Walls (2 August 1819 – 27 September 1893) was a Scottish lawyer, industrialist and Dean of Guild of Glasgow.
The son of John Walls and Elizabeth (née Flett), he was born in Kirkwall, Orkney, and trained as a lawyer in Edinburgh b ...
.
Known Works
*''The Wate''
*''Peacock'' (1899)
*''Blue Tit''
References
1870 births
1926 deaths
Artists from Edinburgh
Scottish artists
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