James Gandy on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
James Gandy (1619–1689) was an English portrait-painter, one of the earliest native English painters. He was certainly one of the earliest portrait painters documented as working in Ireland.
Devon Characters and Strange Events
', London, 1908, Preface, p.vii
Biography by Ruth Devine, ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'', 2009
Life
Gandy was probably a native ofExeter
Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter w ...
. He is said to have been a pupil of Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.
The seventh child of ...
, and to have acquired some of his style; he may have painted the drapery in Van Dyck's pictures. In 1661 he was taken to Ireland by his patron, the Duke of Ormonde
The peerage title Earl of Ormond and the related titles Duke of Ormonde and Marquess of Ormonde have a long and complex history. An earldom of Ormond has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland.
History of Ormonde titles
The earldom ...
, and remained there until his death. He was the father of William Gandy
William Gandy (1655 or 1660–1729), was an English portrait-painter.
Life
Gandy, son of James Gandy, was probably born in Ireland. For some years he was an itinerant painter in Devon and the west of England. He went to Plymouth in 1714, and ev ...
.
Works
He executed a number of copies of portraits by Van Dyck for the duke's collection atKilkenny
Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...
, some of which were sold at the dispersal of the collection, as original works. His principal portraits were done in Ireland, and remained there. One of the Duke of Ormonde was in the possession of the Earl of Leicester.
Further reading
* Baring-Gould, Sabine,Devon Characters and Strange Events
', London, 1908, Preface, p.vii
Biography by Ruth Devine, ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'', 2009
References
* ;Attribution 1619 births 1689 deaths 17th-century English painters English male painters Artists from Exeter English portrait painters {{England-painter-17thC-stub