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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.

Biography

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]

Book illustrations

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Frontispiece of Notes of an East Coast Naturalist, showing shovelers and bearded tit

Southgate also illustrated several books, for instance:

References

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External links

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  • Frank Southgate at Artnet (anno 2020-03-12: an overview of 149 works, sold in auctions between 1988 and 2019).

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  1. Шаблон:Cite web. Frank Southgate was born Ernest Frank Southgate. An oil painting of 1893, signed E Southgate, bears the inscription "Woods near Hunstanton Norfolk by E.F. Southgate Sept 1893". See: Шаблон:Cite web One source says he is born in Suffolk (Шаблон:Cite web).
  2. Southgate is said to have "specialised in painting watercolours of birds" and to be "well known for his ability to capture their movement in flight. This was achieved by spending large amounts of time bird watching (...)". See: Шаблон:Cite web
  3. 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web