Andrew Jonathan Gow | |
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| Gow in 2016 | |
| Born | 1978 (age 47–48) Surrey, England |
| Education | Williams College |
| Notable work | Cardinal George Pell Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
| Website | andrewgow.co.uk |
Andrew Jonathan Gow (born 1978) is an English artist best known for portraiture. He is also a lecturer on painting and an instructor in the atelier method of drawing and painting from life.
Alongside with Luxembourgish painter Roland Schauls and British painter Louise Pragnell, he has created in 2025/26 one of the official paintings of Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, displayed at the grand ducal palace in Luxembourg City. [1]
Gow studied painting at Williams College, Massachusetts (1996 – 2000). He holds a BA (Hons) degree in history and studio art and honed his skills across the United States, Italy, France, and the UK. [2]
He was visiting lecturer at Knightsbridge School, London (spring term 2014), at the Painting School/Sculpture School (Devon summer 2017) and at the London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA), from Spring 2013 to 2019). [3]
Gow said of his portrait of Grand Duke Guillaume V that it was "probably the most important painting I have ever produced". [4]
Since 2002, Gow has - apart from public commissions - been commissioned to paint over 100 commissions for private clients across Europe and the United States. [3]
List of exhibitions: [3]