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Percy Bigland (1856–1926) was an English portrait painter.
Bigland was the son of Edwin Bigland, of Birkenhead in 1856. He was educated like his brother at the Sidcot School as his family were Quakers. Bigland studied art in Munich in Germany for seven years before returning to England where he lived in London, Liverpool, Beaconsfield and Buckinghamshire. He was a regular exhibitor until 1925 at institutions in London and the provinces.
Bigland painted his elder brother, Alfred Bigland who was an M.P. This portrait is in the
Government Art Collection, retrieved 10 January 2015 in 1926.
Life
Bigland was the son of Edwin Bigland, of Birkenhead in 1856. He was educated like his brother at the Sidcot School as his family were Quakers. Bigland studied art in Munich in Germany for seven years before returning to England where he lived in London, Liverpool, Beaconsfield and Buckinghamshire. He was a regular exhibitor until 1925 at institutions in London and the provinces.
Bigland painted his elder brother, Alfred Bigland who was an M.P. This portrait is in the Williamson Art Gallery
The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum is an art gallery and museum situated in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England and houses Wirral's art collection.
History
The art gallery and museum opened on 1 December 1928, the single-storey building is Neo-G ...
in Birkenhead. His most notable subject was the Prime MinisterGladstone
William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...
, but he also went to America three times to include the department store owner Isaac H Clothier, Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...
dean Elizabeth Powell Bond
Elizabeth Powell Bond (January 25, 1841 – March 29, 1926) was an educator and social activist who was the first Dean of Women at Swarthmore College.
Family and education
Elizabeth Powell was born in 1841 in Clinton, New York, to a Quaker co ...
and landowner and philanthropist William Poole Bancroft in his list of sitters.
In 1891 he was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1891 and in 1893 he painted Elizabeth Hanbury who was then 100 years old.
Bigland died aged 68Percy BiglandGovernment Art Collection, retrieved 10 January 2015 in 1926.
Legacy
Bigland has twenty paintings in British national collections.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bigland, Percy English Quakers People from Birkenhead 1856 births 1926 deaths