| Gustav Pope | |
| Birth Date: | 1831 |
| Death Date: | 1910 |
| Nationality: | British-Austrian |
| Known For: | Painter |
| Movement: | Orientalist |
Gustav Pope (1831–1910) was a British Victorian painter of Austrian origin. He used several styles in his work, but in his mature style he showed influences of the second wave of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.[1]
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.[2]
Whilst exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in Burlington House, his artworks enjoyed the illustrious company of the paintings of contemporary peer artists including Frank Dicksee, Millais and Alma Tadema.
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.[3]
In the 1870s he was known to reside in Knightsbridge, London at Chatham House, High Road, as detailed on artist submission labels and exhibition catalogues.
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]