William Gouw Ferguson
William Gouw Ferguson (* 1632 or 1633 in Scotland , † after 1695) was a painter of the Dutch school .
Ferguson came from Scotland but trained as a still life painter in Holland and while traveling in France and Italy . Dated paintings by him appear up to 1695. Its coloring is considered shiny and juicy, its modeling of three-dimensional power.
literature
- Alfred von Wurzbach : Dutch artist lexicon. Volume 1, Halm and Goldmann, Vienna and Leipzig 1906
- William Gouw Ferguson . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 38, Saur, Munich a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-598-22778-7 , p. 268.
- Karl Lilienfeld : Ferguson, William Gouw . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 403 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
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| SURNAME | Ferguson, William Gouw |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ferguson, William Gowe; Ferguson, Willem Gouw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch school painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1632 or 1633 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1695 |