Tangier

Location

Country: Morocco
City: Rabat
Place: British Embassy

Alexander Mann was born in Glasgow; the son of a business man. Aged just ten he became a pupil of Robert Greenlees. He then studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Académie Julian, Paris, before entering the atelier of Carolus-Duran in 1881. He exhibited in Glasgow, London and Paris (1879-93). Mann remained in Paris for 15 years, frequently visiting Scotland, and spent periods in Venice and Morocco. He concentrated on landscapes but also painted genre scenes during the 1880s. He became the first Glasgow artist to receive an Honourable Mention at the Paris Salon (1884). He settled in Hagbourne, Berkshire, before moving to Streatham in 1896. Mann was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1893. He died in London, aged 55.

Places

Mediterranean Sea, North Africa, Morocco, Tangier

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, river bank, stone/rock, beach, house

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Alexander Mann (1853 - 1908)

Title

Tangier

Date

c.1890-1892

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 27.00 cm, width: 43.20 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 9 June 2006

Inscription

none visible

Provenance

Collection of the artist's family; with Marlborough, London; with Fine Art Society, London; from whom purchased by Dr. Raymond Listeri n May 1999; with Fine Art Society, London; sold through Christie's, London, on 9 June 2006 (Lot 77); from which sale purchased by the Government Art Collection

GAC number

18073