ALEXANDER JAMES
MAVROGORDATO (1868 – 1947)
"Crofters Cottage in
Watercolour heightened with
bodycolour.
13 ¾" x 21" Signed.
Provenance: From the
Artist's Studio Collection IMAGE
“On the Beach”
Gouache on toned paper.
31.7 x 52.2cm
Provenance: From the Artist’s Studio Collection
Alexander James Mavrogordato was a painter in watercolour and
sometimes oil, of landscapes and figures.
He is believed to be of Greek extraction. He lived in London but also
painted abroad in Italy, Algeria and Russia.
His earlier works were highly finished watercolours, typical of the
Victorian era but his later work took on an impressionistic style. He travelled widely, holding a one-man
exhibition of his Russian views in 1896 and another in 1910 of Greek, Italian
and English landscapes. He exhibited at
the Fine Art Society, the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Walker Gallery
Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery, the New Gallery, the Royal Academy, the
Royal Hibernian Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours,
Ridley Art Club and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He lived at Edenbridge in Kent and was an
active member of the Brighton Arts Club exhibiting 96 works from 1906 to
1925. He died at the age of 78 on 16th
February 1947.
