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Kirkcudbright School
The Kirkcudbright Artists’ Colony was an artists’ community that existed approximately between 1880 and 1980 in Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway. The town attracted many of the country’s leading artists such as Edward Atkinson Hornel, E A Hornel, William Mouncey, William Stewart MacGeorge, Charles Oppenheimer, Jessie M King, E A Taylor and S J Peploe. These artists and craftspeople produced an extensive body of work. Some of them are fictionalised in the 1907 S. R. Crockett, S.R.Crockett novel Little Esson, including the title character who is a fictionalised version of William Stewart MacGeorge, MacGeorge (Crockett's boyhood friend) This places Kirkcudbright in the context of a group of artists’ communities that emerged in Britain from the late 19th century onwards such as Newlyn, Staithes, St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives, Walberswick, as well in Europe generally, for example at Pont-Aven in Brittany and Worpswede in Germany. However, no other community attracted so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright ( ; ) is a town at the mouth of the River Dee, Galloway, River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, southwest of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie. A former royal burgh, it is the traditional county town of Kirkcudbrightshire. History An early rendition of the name of the town was Kilcudbrit; this derives from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic ''Cille Chuithbeirt'' meaning "chapel of Cuthbert", the saint whose mortal remains were kept at the town between their exhumation at Lindisfarne and reinterment at Chester-le-Street. John Spottiswoode, in his account of religious houses in Scotland, mentions that the Franciscans, or Grey Friars, had been established at Kirkcudbright from the 12th century. John I de Balliol, John Balliol was in possession of the ancient castle at Castledykes in the late 13th century and Edward I of England is said to have stayed here in 1300 during his war against Scotland. In 1455 Kirkcudbright became a royal burgh. About a century later, the mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Guthrie (artist)
Sir James Guthrie (10 June 1859 – 6 September 1930) was a Scotland, Scottish painter, associated with the Glasgow Boys. He is best known in his own lifetime for his portraiture, although today more generally regarded as a painter of Scottish Realism. Early life and education Guthrie was born in Greenock, the youngest son of the Rev. John Guthrie, a minister of the Evangelical Union (Scotland), Evangelical Union church, and Anne Orr. He originally enrolled at Glasgow University to study law, but in 1877 abandoned this in favour of painting. Unlike many of his contemporaries he did not study in Paris, being mostly self-taught, although he was mentored for a short time by James Drummond in Glasgow and then John Pettie in London.Biography ("Helensburgh heroes") In 1879, he moved to London to study painting. during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Redpath
Anne Redpath (1895–1965) was a Scottish artist whose vivid domestic still lifes are among her best-known works. Life Redpath's father was a tweed designer in the Scottish Borders. She saw a connection between his use of colour and her own. "I do with a spot of red or yellow in a harmony of grey, what my father did in his tweed." The Redpaths moved from Galashiels to Hawick when Anne was about six. After Hawick High School, she went to Edinburgh College of Art in 1913. Post-graduate study led to a scholarship which allowed her to travel on the Continent in 1919, visiting Bruges, Paris, Florence and Siena. The following year, 1920, she married James Michie, an architect, and they went to live in Pas-de-Calais where her first two sons were born; the eldest of whom is the painter and sculptor Alastair Michie. In 1924, they moved to the South of France, and in 1928, had a third son: now David Michie the artist. In 1934, she returned to Hawick. Redpath was soon exhibiting in Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh College Of Art
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, history of art, and music disciplines for over three thousand students and is at the forefront of research and research-led teaching in the creative arts, humanities, and creative technologies. ECA comprises five subject areas: School of Art, Reid School of Music, School of Design, School of History of Art, and Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (ESALA). ECA is mainly located in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town of Edinburgh, overlooking the Grassmarket; the Lauriston Place campus is located in the University of Edinburgh's Central Area Campus, not far from George Square, Edinburgh, George Square. The college was founded in 1760, and gained its present name and site in 1907. Formerly associated with Heriot-Watt University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sassoon Family
The Sassoon family were a wealthy Baghdadi Jews, Baghdadi Jews, Jewish family dynasty, associated with finance, banking, capital markets, the exploration of oil and gas, Judaism, British Conservative Party, Conservative politics, opium trade with the British crown and philanthropy. Their principal vehicles, Sassoon & Co. and J. Sassoon Financial Group LLC, are domiciled in Europe, Asia and North America. The family was known as "the Rothschild family, Rothschilds of the East" due to the immense wealth they accumulated in Asia. The family's businesses in China, India, and Hong Kong especially, were built to capitalise on the opium trade. As more family members gravitated toward London, they became prominent in England and were ennobled by Queen Victoria. Although most biographical data about the Sassoons lists Baghdad, Iraq, as their place of origins, Daniel Gross (journalist), Daniel Gross, an American journalist, claims that the Sassoon family has their origins in Aleppo, Syri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hanna Clarke
William Hanna Clarke (1882– 1 May 1924) was a dentist, then an artist, from Glasgow, Scotland. Clarke lived, worked as an artist, died and is buried in Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Clarke was a landscape and figure painter and many of his works featured Kirkcudbright. He is buried in the town's churchyard and his tombstone was carved by his friend, Glasgow sculptor Alexander Proudfoot. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, William Hanna 20th-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish painters 1882 births 1924 deaths Scottish male painters ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robson (artist)
William Robson may refer to: Politicians * William Robson (1869–1951), Australian parliamentarian and businessman * William Robson (1843–1920), Australian politician *William Robson, Baron Robson William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson, (10 September 1852 – 11 September 1918) was an England, English lawyer, judge and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons twice b ... (1852–1918), British member of parliament, law officer, and law lord * William Robson (Canadian politician) (1864–1941), Canadian politician Other people * William B. P. Robson (born 1959), president and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute * William N. Robson (1906–1995), American radio director and producer * William Robson (writer) (1785/6–1863), British author and translator * William Robson (footballer) (fl. 1895), English football centre forward * William Robson (cricketer) (born 1946), English cricketer * William Wallace Robson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 And 5 High Street, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Copland
John de Coupland (died 1363), also known as John Copeland, was the squire from Northumberland who captured David II of Scotland after the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. He was knighted for his actions, becoming a powerful figure in the north of England. However, his ruthless pursuit of power produced many enemies. He was ambushed and killed in 1363. Capture of David II John de Coupland captured David II in the aftermath of the Battle of Neville's Cross on 16 October 1346. Sources state that David had been seriously wounded, struck by two arrows in the head, but attempted to fight off Coupland and managed to knock out two of his teeth.* Upon David's capture, Coupland rode away from the site for 15 leagues until he came to a castle in Ogle.* There he secured his prisoner. When Queen Philippa heard of David's capture, she requested that Coupland bring him to her at once. Coupland refused, stating he would only surrender his prisoner to the King of England himself. Philippa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impasto
Impasto is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly, usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of the canvas. Etymology The word ''impasto'' is Italian in origin; in which it means "dough" or "mixture"; related to the verb , "to knead", or "to paste". Italian usage of includes both a painting and a impasto (pottery), potting technique. The root noun of is , meaning "paste". Media Oil paint is the traditional medium for impasto painting, due to its thick consistency and slow drying time. Acrylic paint can also be used for impasto by adding heavy body acrylic gels. Impasto is generally not used in watercolour, watercolor or tempera without the addition of thickening agent due to the inherent thinness of these media. An artist working in pastels can produce a limited impasto effect by pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Young Cameron
Sir David Young Cameron (28 June 1865 – 16 September 1945) was a Scottish painter and, with greater success, etcher, mostly of townscapes and landscapes in both cases. He was a leading figure in the final decades of the Etching Revival. Biography Cameron was the son of the Rev. Robert Cameron of the United Presbyterian Church, and his wife Margaret Robertson, and was born in Glasgow, Scotland. One of five children, his sister Katharine (Kate) Cameron (1874–1965) was also an artist and sometimes included in the Glasgow School, "Glasgow Girls".( David was educated at The Glasgow Academy. From around 1881 he studied at the Glasgow School of Art and in 1885 enrolled at the Edinburgh School of Art. Cameron became a skilled etcher and gained international recognition by the 1890s. He was elected associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers (RE) in 1889. In 1895 he was elected Fellow of the RE. He exhibited regularly from 1889 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gauld
David Gauld (7 November 1865 – 18 June 1936) was an important Scottish artist who worked in both oils and stained glass and was regarded as being one of the innovators within the Glasgow Boys group. Some of his works, such as ''St Agnes'' and ''Music'' are seen as precursors of the Art Nouveau movement. His works were seen as having both a Japanese and Pre-Raphaelite influence upon them. Biography Gauld was born in Glasgow and served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and stained glass designer under Stephen Adam (stained glass designer), Stephen Adam and then attended Glasgow School of Art from 1882 to 1885. He came to public notice in the 1880s when he supplied a series of Japanese-influenced pen and ink drawings for the ''Glasgow Weekly Citizen''. Gauld shared the Castlemains Studio in Kirkcudbright with William Stewart MacGeorge and then in later life shared a studio with Harrington Mann at 31 St Vincent Street in Glasgow from 1891 to 1894. During this time he designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
