George Scharf
Title: Sir (1895)
Nationality: English
Date of birth: 1820.12.16
Place of birth: London
Date of death: 1895.04.19
Place of death: London
Category: painter
Nationality: English
Date of birth: 1820.12.16
Place of birth: London
Date of death: 1895.04.19
Place of death: London
Category: painter
Identity:
Sir George Scharf was a painter of archaeological subjects and Director of the National Portrait Gallery.
Life:
He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution. He was knighted in 1895.
Bibliography:
Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, 1956-61; Wood, Christopher, Victorian Painters, 2 vols., 3rd ed., revised, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1995.
