Sarah Gough Adamson

Sarah Gough Adamson, later Sarah Gough Walker, (1888–1963) was a British artist. Although she was born in Manchester, Gough established her reputation as a landscape painter in Scotland.

Sarah Gough Adamson
Born1888
Manchester, England
Died1963 (aged 74–75)
NationalityBritish
Alma materEdinburgh College of Art
Known forLandscape painting

Biography

Adamson was born in Manchester where her father, Robert Adamson was a professor of philosophy.[1] Adamson studied at the Edinburgh College of Art before she moved to London, some time around 1915.[2] Before leaving Scotland, Adamson was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy, showing some 29 pictures, including watercolours and gouache pieces, there between 1911 and 1915.[2] During her career she also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and at the Aberdeen Artists' Society.[2][3] In Paris, Adamson exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1913 and in 1924 she won a silver medal at the Decorative Arts Exhibition in Paris.[4][5]

References
  1. Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7.
  2. Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 134 1.
  3. Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1 84195 150 1.
  4. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3070 2.
  5. Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
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