Robert McGowan Coventry explained

Robert McGowan Coventry or Robert McGown Coventry (1855–1914) was a Scottish painter born in Glasgow.

Biography

Coventry studied at the Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees and in Paris. Although he traveled much to the continent and the Middle East, many of his paintings depict quayside and highland scenes from eastern Scotland. He used the signature "R M G COVENTRY". His daughter, Gertrude Mary was also an artist, known for her portrait paintings.[1]

In 1889 Coventry became a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and in 1906 he was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, RSA.[2] He exhibited his marine and landscape paintings mainly at the RSA.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L . 0-953260-95-X.
  2. Web site: Robert McGowan Coventry ARSA HRSA RE (1855–1941). Leighton Fine Art. 27 September 2013.
  3. Book: Eastern encounters: Orientalist painters of the nineteenth century : [catalogue of an exhibition] 26 June-28 July, 1978. Fine Art Society. 1978. Fine Art Society in association with David Hughes and Louise Whitford Ltd. 42. 1053169872.