DOW George (Dawe George)

February 6, 1781 (London) - October 15, 1829 (Kentish Town)

painter, graphic artist, art theorist.

born in the family of the engraver and cartoonist Philip Dow, who later became the head of a vast artistic dynasty. Brothers George, Henry and James, and sister Mary graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in London. George Dawe studied at the Academy from 1794 to 1803. In 1803 his picture "Achilles, mourning the death of Patroclus, Theseus rejects consolation" was awarded a large gold medal. Participated in exhibitions of the Academy of Arts and the British Institute. Prior to 1810 served on the paintings of historical and mythological scenes, worked as an engraver. In 1814 he was awarded the title of Academician, and then concentrated on portraiture, rivaling in popularity with T. Lawrence. Enjoy the protection of the Duke of Kent, with the assistance of which attended the Congress of Heads of State of the Holy Alliance in Aachen, which was presented to Alexander I.

In 1819, invited by the Emperor to the Russian service to work on the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace, was conceived along the lines of the Portrait Gallery of winners of Napoleon in Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle.

lived in St. Petersburg, where he created an art studio, which employs painters, engravers and lithographers. It studied a number of Russian artists, including Wolfgang Amadeus Golik, AV Polyakov, EI Geytman and others.

In Russia, the Dow quickly became fashionable and expensive secular portraitist, his creativity - widely known, but the name - a common noun. Pushkin dedicated a poem ( "Why your sanguine arapsky my profile? ... »).

In 1820 he was elected an honorary associate of the Academy freestyle IAH. In 1826, visited Moscow in connection with the execution of the coronation portraits of Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna. In 1828 awarded the title "the first portrait painter of the Russian Imperial Court. In the same year gave a sheet at Windsor Castle exhibition of paintings, executed them in Russia.

He was an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Dresden, Stockholm and Paris. Author of several theoretical works, particularly the treatise on color theory.

After the departure of the artist's home studio in St. Petersburg his property was in possession of her husband's sister, T. Wright, terminating many of the Dow.

buried along with the eminent British culture in the Cathedral of St. Paul's in London.

Doe - an outstanding painter of the Romantic era. His works are distinguished by the works of many contemporaries, not only an amazing portrait similarity, but the animation features, bold brush, precision design, spectacular color palette, artistic manner and organic link with the space figure. He worked very quickly, demonstrating proficiency in professional skills.

artistic heritage of the Dow is truly enormous. Only for the St. Petersburg period of his studio turned out 329 paintings of portraits of Russian generals to the Military Gallery, a lot of portraits of private orders, as well as thousands of preparatory drawings. Among the best works are portraits of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich with a gun (1820), AF Zakrevsky, AP Ermolov, PA Mezhakova with his wife (1821) , S. K. Lieven (1821), NI Gnedich (1822), AA Arakcheeva (1823), Grand Duke Nicholas (1823), N. Zubov (1823), M. Ya Naryshkina with children (1823), VG Madatov (1824), EM Zavadovskaya (1824 ), AP Ermolov (1825), PA Bagration (about 1825), Emperor Alexander I (1826), NS Mordvinova (1826-1827) , F. A. Tolstoy (about 1827), Shishkov (about 1827), OP Stroganov (1820's) and others.

Dow Works are in many museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum, State Historical Museum, the Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin and many others.