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Há 1 dia · David Wilkie, who has died of cancer aged 70, delivered one of the greatest swims ever by a British competitor, winning gold in the 200m breaststroke at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in a time of 2 ...
Há 12 horas · David Wilkie, Britain’s most successful international swimmer since the heyday of Henry Taylor some 70 years earlier, first learned to swim in Sri Lanka, where he was born of Scots parents. He returned to Scotland in 1965 to attend Daniel Stewart’s College in Edinburgh and although he had no serious competitive aspirations he joined ...
Sir David Wilkie RA was a Scottish painter, especially known for his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East.
14 de mar. de 2024 · Sir David Wilkie (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. His main base was in London, but he died and was ...
6 de jan. de 2022 · David Wilkie saw it all unfold. Scott's refusal to shake hands with the convicted drugs cheat, his blanking of him at the medal ceremony, his shunning of the group photograph. There's Sun with ...
David Wilkie. (b Cults, nr. Cupar, Fife, 18 Nov. 1785; d at sea, off Gibraltar, 1 June 1841). Scottish painter, active mainly in London. He is principally famous as the most popular genre painter of his time, but he also produced historical subjects and portraits. Wilkie trained in Edinburgh and then in 1805 moved to London, where he studied ...
David Wilkie was one of the most successful painters of the Regency period and was greatly encouraged by the Regent. Born in Fife, trained in Edinburgh, Wilkie settled in London in 1805 and began regularly exhibiting at the Royal Academy small scale scenes of everyday life. At this time Dutch and Flemish old master paintings were hugely popular and expensive, as is demonstrated by the works ...
