{"title":"Ferguson, William Gouw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Gouw (Gow or Gowe) Ferguson (1632\/3 - in or after 1689)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Scottish painter of still life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA native of Scotland, Ferguson is stated to have first studied art in his own country, and then travelled in France and Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1660 Ferguson was living at the Hague, where he hired a house, and in 1668 he was still there. Part of the contract for his house consisted in a promise to paint a picture every year for the proprietor of the house. In 1681 he was living in the Batavier Graat, Amsterdam, and on 28 June he was betrothed to Sara van Someren of Stockholm. Horace Walpole mentioned that \"he lived long in Italy and France\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe place and exact date of his death is unknown. His last known dated painting bears the year 1689. He is stated to have returned and to have died in London, but he may have returned to Scotland as twelve of his painting were sold in Edinburgh between 1692 and 1693.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFerguson acquired a good reputation in painting dead game and still life. There are good examples of his paintings in this style in the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam and in the Berlin Gallery. He also painted pictures introducing ruins and fragments of sculpture, with figures in the Italian style, under strong effects of light and shade. An example of this style is in the National Gallery of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis pictures have in the past been considered favourably with works by then more fashionable artists, and signatures of Cornelis van Lelienbergh and Jan Weenix have been found on paintings since attributed to him.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ferguson-william-gouw-1632-1695-six-butteflies-and-a-moth-on-a-rose-branch-c-1690","title":"Ferguson, William Gouw (1632-1695) - Six Butteflies and a Moth on a Rose Branch c.1690","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture by the British artist William Gouw Ferguson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 5320 pixels wide by 4081 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/ferguson-william-gouw\" title=\"William Gouw Ferguson\"\u003eWilliam Gouw Ferguson\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53642868851018,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Ferguson_WilliamGouw_1632-1695_-SixButtefliesandaMothonaRoseBranch_main.jpg?v=1766416629"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Ferguson_William_Gouw_1632-1695-8666147.jpg?v=1768960144","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/ferguson-william-gouw.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}