George Dawe
ARTISTGeorge Dawe was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. He relocated to Saint Petersburg in 1819, where he won acclaim for his work from the artistic establishment and complimentary verses by Pushkin. He was the son of Philip Dawe, a successful mezzotint engraver who also produced political cartoons relating to the events of the Boston Tea Party. One of his brothers was Henry Edward Dawe, also a portraitist.
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George Dawe, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by George Dawe (British, 1781–1829) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
George Dawe was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. He relocated to Saint Petersburg in 1819, where he won acclaim for his work from the artistic establishment and complimentary verses by Pushkin. He was the son of Philip Dawe, a successful mezzotint engraver who also produced political cartoons relating to the events of the Boston Tea Party. One of his brothers was Henry Edward Dawe, also a portraitist.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of George Dawe's work on the site falls under Illustration (9), Paintings (7), Portraits (7).
By movement, it's catalogued as Romanticism (5), Neoclassicism (5), Baroque (1).
Culture: English (30).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 29 portrait.
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