William Gordon Burn-Murdoch
William Gordon Burn-Murdoch playing bagpipes in the polar region
William Gordon Burn-Murdoch (* 1862 - 19 July 1939 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish painter, lithographer , sculptor and travel writer.
Life and works
Burn-Murdoch attended the Edinburgh Art School and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under Charles Verlat ; in Paris he was a student of Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran . He also studied in Florence, Naples and Madrid. 1892-1893 he took part as an artist with his friend William Speirs Bruce on the Dundee Whaling Expedition to Antarctica . He later toured India, China and Greenland.
On his travels, Burn-Murdoch made realistic representations of landscapes and animals. His book publications include:
- From Edinburgh to the Antarctic (1892/93)
- Modern whaling and polar bear hunting
- From Edinburgh to India and Burmah.
The Murdoch Nunatak , an island off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, is named in his honor .
literature
- Kristiane Frank: Entry in the Allgemeine Künstlerlexikon , vol. 15, p. 252.Saur, Munich and Leipzig 1997
Web links
- Short biography with two photos ( Memento from August 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Further biography with photo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burn-Murdoch, William Gordon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish painter and travel writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1862 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1939 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh , Scotland |