Frank Southgate

British painter (1872-1916)

Frank Southgate

RBA

Born|

Edward Frank Southgate

1 August 1872

Hunstanton, England

Died| 23 February 1916(1916-02-23) (aged 43)

France

Nationality| British

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

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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:

* Patterson, Arthur Henry (1904). Notes of an East Coast Naturalist: a series of observations made at odd times during a period of twenty-five years in the neighborhood of Great Yarmouth. London: Methuen & Co. OCLC 15720987.
* Patterson, Arthur Henry (1905). Nature in Eastern Norfolk ... With twelve illustrations in colour by F. Southgate. London: Methuen. OCLC 776237584.
* Vincent, James Edmund (1907). Through East Anglia in a Motor-Car. London: Methuen. OCLC 522053.
* Fletcher, J.S. (1908). A Book about Yorkshire ... With sixteen illustrations in colour by Wal Paget and Frank Southgate, R.B.A., and sixteen other illustrations. London: Methuen. OCLC 561056202.
* Pollard, Hugh Bertie Campbell (1928). Wildfowl & waders: Nature & sport in the coastlands, depicted by the late Frank Southgate, R.B.A., and described by Hugh B.C. Pollard. London: Country Life. OCLC 3458758.
* Dutt, William A. (1929). Norfolk (7th rev. ed.). London: Methuen. OCLC 977706846.

## References

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1. ^ "Southgate, Frank (1872–1916)". Artist Biographies. Retrieved 11 March 2020.. 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: "Frank Southgate (1872–1916)". Arcadja. Retrieved 11 March 2020. One source says he is born in Suffolk ("Frank Southgate (1872–1916): "In the shadow of the hedgerow"". Fletcher Gate Gallery. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2020).
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: "Frank Southgate: Two Springer Spaniels". Medici Gallery. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
3. ^ a b Wigman, A.B. (1916). "Frank Southgate †" (in Dutch). De Levende Natuur, vol. 21.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frank Southgate.

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

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

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* United States
* Israel

Artists|

* ULAN
* RKD Artists
* Musée d'Orsay

People|

* Commonwealth War Graves Commission