George Lothian Hall
George Lothian Hall | |
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| Born | 2 April 1825 |
| Died | 23 July 1888 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | British |
George Lothian Hall (2 April 1825 – 23 July 1888) was known as a watercolour artist. He has paintings in the Yale Center for British Art including many of Gibraltar.[1]
Life
[edit]He was the son of John Hall of Liverpool and Mollance Castle, Kirkcudbrightshire. He was educated at Rugby and Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1848-54 he traveled in Brazil. He began to paint on his return to London, where he exhibited 1856-78, especially at the Dudley Gallery.[2] He exhibited fifteen paintings during that period, seven at the Royal Academy and eight with the Royal Society of British Artists at their Suffolk Street gallery.[3] Hall retired to Wales in 1880, died there on 23 July 1888, and was buried in Llanfair P.G. Island Churchyard in the Menai Straits.[2]
References
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- ^ "Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection". Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ a b Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Water Color Paintings by British Artists and Foreigners Working in Great Britain. London: Board of Education. 1927. p. 255.
- ^ Graves, Algernon (1884). A Dictionary of Artists who Have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions of Oil Paintings from 1760-1880. G. Bell. p. 104.
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