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Alexander (Alex) Fraser Sr

Alexander (Alex) Fraser, Sr. (1786 - 1865) was active/lived in Scotland, England.  Alexander Fraser Sr is known for Figure and genre painting.

Alexander George Fraser (1786–1865) was a Scottish genre and domestic painter who exhibited his paintings at the Royal Academy in London for many years. His son, Alexander Fraser (1827-1899), was also a prominent artist with whom he is sometimes confused (and his paintings are sometimes misidentified as being by his son).

Fraser was born in Edinburgh on 7 April 1786. His father was Alexander Fraser, a grocer, and his mother, Madgalane Davie. He studied painting under John Graham (1754-1817) at the Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh. His fellow pupils included William Allan (1782–1850), John Burnet (1784–1868), and David Wilkie (1785–1841).

He began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1810 and moved to London in 1813. David Wilkie had preceded him to London and he employed Fraser as an assistant to paint details and still life in his pictures.

Of Wilkie's many followers, Fraser was the most capable. Many of his paintings were humorous and on a small scale, for   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2711 characters.]  Artist bio

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