Dow George, (1781-1829), artist

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DOW George (1781-1829), an English painter, honorary associate of the Academy of Arts from 1820. He studied under T. Lawrence in the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1796 to 1810. Invited by Emperor Alexander I, he lived in St. Petersburg from 1819 to 1829, collaborating with artists V. A. Golike and A. V. Polyakov in painting over 300 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War in 1812 and foreign campaigns of the Russian Army in 1813-14 for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace opened in 1826, including full length portraits of Field Marshal M. I. Kutuzov and M. B. Barclay de Tolli, both painted in 1829. He also portrayed Emperor Alexander I and Empress Elizaveta Alexeevna, both pictures painted in 1825 and exhibited in the State Russian Museum, as well as other members of the Emperor's family. In his portraits, he combined realistic and romantic representation of characters.

Reference: Глинка В. М., Помарнацкий А. В. Военная галерея Зимнего дворца. 3-е изд., доп. Л., 1981; Андреева Г. В. Творчество Джорджа Доу (1781-1829) в контексте русского романтизма // Россия - Европа: Из истории рус.-европ. худож. связей XVIII - нач. ХХ вв.: Сб. ст. М., 1995. С. 80-94.

O. L. Leikind, D. Y. Severyukhin. Alexander I, Emperor
Barclay de Tolly Mikhail Bogdanovich, Prince (Mikhael Andreas)
Dow George
Elizaveta Alexeevna, Empress
Golike Vasily Alexandrovich
Kutuzov (Golenishchev-Kutuzov) Mikhail Illarionovich, Gracious Prince
Lawrence Thomas
Polyakov Alexander Vasilievich
Глинка В. М., Помарнацкий А. В. Военная галерея Зимнего дворца. 3-е изд., доп. Л., 1981 Academy of Arts
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