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British painter (1872-1916) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Frank Southgate RBA (1 August 1872 – 23 February 1916) was a British painter. He spent most of his life in Norfolk and concentrated on painting birds, especially waterfowl, and hunting scenes.
Frank Southgate RBA | |
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Born | Edward Frank Southgate 1 August 1872 Hunstanton, England |
Died | 23 February 1916 43) France | (aged
Nationality | British |
Ernest Frank Southgate was born 1 August 1872 in Hunstanton, Norfolk.[1]
He was a student at Bideford Art School and Cambridge School of Art.
He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists.
Southgate painted mainly birds and sporting scenes.[2] His paintings of ducks and other birds in Patterson 1904 (for instance "The Stricken Mallard") were internationally renowned.[3]
Southgate died in 1916, whilst serving in the Army during the First World War in France, aged 43 years. He received a short 'Im Memoriam' (in Dutch) by A.B. Wigman in De Levende Natuur (vol. 21, 1916).[3]
Southgate also illustrated several books, for instance:
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