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Patrick Allan Fraser (born Patrick Allan; 1813 – 1890) was a Scottish painter and architect.
in the Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Allan returned to Arbroath in 1842 on the invitation of the Edinburgh publisher Cadell, who wanted him to illustrate a new edition of Walter Scott's ''
Patrick Allan Fraser
on Dictionary of Scottish Architects {{DEFAULTSORT:Allan Fraser, Patrick 1812 births 1890 deaths 19th-century Scottish architects 19th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters People from Arbroath Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art 19th-century Scottish male artists
Patrick Allan Fraser (born Patrick Allan; 1813 – 1890) was a Scottish painter and architect.
Biography
Allan was born inArbroath
Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902.
It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen.
The ...
in 1813, a son of weaving merchant Robert Allan. He began training as a solicitor but was then indentured in his grandfather's house-painting business, and was encouraged to study at the Trustees' Academy
Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, histor ...
at the end of his apprenticeship. There he met Robert Scott Lauder and accompanied him to Rome in the mid-1830s. The Lauders returned to Scotland in 1838 but Fraser settled for a time in Paris, painting views of the city. He was back in Arbroath by 1839, but then settled in London.Patrick Allan Fraserin the Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Allan returned to Arbroath in 1842 on the invitation of the Edinburgh publisher Cadell, who wanted him to illustrate a new edition of Walter Scott's ''The Antiquary
''The Antiquary'' (1816), the third of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, centres on the character of an antiquary: an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. He is the eponymous character and for all prac ...
''; however, the edition was never published. In 1843, Allan married heiress Elizabeth Fraser and took her name. Together they remodelled Hospitalfield House
Hospitalfield House is an arts centre and historic house in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, regarded as "one of the finest country houses in Scotland". It is believed to be "Scotland's first school of fine art" and the first art college in Britain. It ...
; the scheme used mainly local craftsmen and converted an eighteenth-century barn into a gallery, added a five-storey bartizan and a large wing. In 1856 the Frasers began the renovation of the Blackcraig Castle estate in Strathardle
The River Ardle ( gd, Abhainn Àrdail) is a tributary of the River Ericht. It runs for through Strathardle in Perthshire, Scotland. It is a salmon and trout river.
Course
The river is formed by the confluence of the Brerachan Water and the All ...
. Patrick became an architect and supervised the renovation himself. He commissioned portraits of members of The Clique group of English artists for Hospitalfield.
After his wife's death in 1873, he built a mausoleum in her name, the Fraser Mortuary Chapel in Western Cemetery, Arbroath. The Mortuary Chapel has been a Category A listed building since 1997.
In 1873, he moved to Rome and was elected president of the British Academy of Arts in Rome
The British Academy of Arts in Rome was an art school established by a group of British artists in Rome in 1821, and put on a more formal basis in 1823. It closed in 1936.
History
The Academy had its origins in the community of British artists wo ...
. He died, childless, on 17 September 1890. He endowed the Patrick Allan-Fraser of Hospitalfield Trust to establish Hospitalfield House
Hospitalfield House is an arts centre and historic house in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, regarded as "one of the finest country houses in Scotland". It is believed to be "Scotland's first school of fine art" and the first art college in Britain. It ...
as an art college "for the assistance and encouragement of young men not having means of their own who shall be desirous of following up one or more of the professions of painting, sculpture, carving in wood, architecture and engraving."
Style
Fraser's architectural style was described in his lecture "Architecture With Special Reference to Local Buildings", which was published in ''The Building Chronicle'' issue of May 1854 as "Amateur Criticism of Architectural Works". He put great stress on building economically and morally, notions that were expounded in his 1861 work ''An Unpopular View of Our Times''.References
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* *Patrick Allan Fraser
on Dictionary of Scottish Architects {{DEFAULTSORT:Allan Fraser, Patrick 1812 births 1890 deaths 19th-century Scottish architects 19th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters People from Arbroath Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art 19th-century Scottish male artists