English Orientalist painter & illustrator (1877-1930)
A Cairo Street SceneThe Sphinx and the Pyramids
Augustus Osborne Lamplough (1877 in
Manchester – 16 November 1930, in
Bromborough) was an English
Orientalist painter and illustrator; known for his scenes of North Africa. Most of his works are
watercolours.
Biography
He studied at the
Chester School of Art. After 1898, he served as a lecturer at the
Leeds School of Art. During this time, he travelled to Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and other parts of North Africa.
He exhibited throughout the United Kingdom, and the United States; notably in New York, Philadelphia and
Buffalo, at the
Pan-American Exposition. Most of his early works are interiors and scenes of Venice. After 1905, he devoted himself exclusively to Orientalist scenes in subdued tones; mostly watercolors.
It was said that he painted everything as it would be seen within an hour of sunset.
Publications
Augustus Lamplough and R. Francis, "Cairo and its Environs", London, Sir Joseph Causton and sons, 1909, 191 p., 51 color plates after watercolors by the author
Augustus Lamplough, "Egypt and How to See it", London, 1911. Reissued by Palala Press, 2015
ISBN978-1-348-17059-4
Pierre Loti, "Egypt (La mort de Philae)", translated from the French by William Peter Baines, with eight illustrations in colour by Augustus Lamplough, New-York, Duffield and Company, 1910. Reissued by Aeterna, 2011
ISBN978-1-444-46102-2
Sources
Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays, Paris, Gründ, 1999
Gerald Ackerman, Les Orientalistes de l'École Britannique, ACR éditions, 1991
ISBN978-2-86770-049-1