William STRANG
William STRANG
1859
1921
Scottish painter and printmaker who became the student of and then an assistant to Alphonse Legros. Locally he was noticed by Whybrow in her artists' list of 1901-10, of those who visited St Ives.
Falmouth Art Gallery include his portrait of Dr Warre-Cornish (1839-1916), Vice Provost of Eton College in their permanent collection.
media
Painter and printmaker of genre and portraits
memberships
Engraver member of RA 1921
references
Exhibition catalogue (1981) William Strang RA
Graves
Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p347)
Public Catalogue Foundation (2007) Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly: Oil Paintings in Public Ownership
RA Directory
Tate On-Line
Whybrow St Ives (1901-10 list pp 213-5)