Gustav Pope

Gustav Pope (1831–1910) was a British painter of Austrian origin. Active in the Victorian era, he incorporated several styles on his work, but in his mature style he showed influences of the second wave of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.[1]

Gustav Pope
The Judgement of Paris, painting by Gustav Pope
Born1831
Died1910
NationalityBritish-Austrian
Known forPainter
MovementOrientalist; Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Three Daughters of King Lear (1875–6) by Gustav Pope in the Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico

Life and career

Little is known about Pope's training as a painter, but he is listed as a regular exhibitor in London from 1852 to 1895, at the British Institution, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy.[2] His work shows the influence of Thomas Seddon, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Frederic, Lord Leighton. English literary sources, classical mythology, portraiture and idealized images of young women are the most typical subjects in his paintings.[3]

Some sources shows Gustav Pope as deceased by 1895, based on the last year he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Nevertheless, a Cemetery register shows 1910 as the year of his death. In 1910, the painting A Rainy Day was presented to the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. He was a resident of Chelsea, according to the 1901 London Census.[4]

Selected works
  • The Three Daughters of King Lear (1875–76; Museo de Art de Ponce, Puerto Rico)
  • Lillies (1874), sold at Auction at Christie's, London in 2009
  • The Judgement of Paris (The Apple of the Discord) (1889), sold at auction at Christie's, London in 2006.[5]
  • Dante’s Inspiration, sold at auction at Christie's, London in 2014.[6]
Gustav Pope - Dante's Inspiration
  • Accident or Design? work later engraved for The Illustrated London Almanack

References
  1. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in the Ponce Museum Of Art, Cheryl Hartup, February 2012
  2. The Royal Academy of Arts: A complete Dictionary of Contributors Volume 6. Algernon Graves, 1906
  3. Sleeping Beauty: Masterpieces of Victorian Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce, Agnes Husslein-Arco, Alfred Weidinger, Vienna Belvedere, 2010.
  4. Museo de Arte de Ponce collection catalogue. Volume 1, The British collection, Heather Birchall, Cheryl Hartup, Sally-Anne Huxtable, Allison Smith, Ponce Art Museum, 2012
  5. Christie's Victorian and Traditionalist Pictures. Catalogue, 8 June 2006. London King Street
  6. Christie's Victorian and British Impressionist Art. Catalogue, 14 November 2013. London South Kensington
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