Sir James Guthrie (1859-1930)

Aliases: James (1859) Guthrie

Professions: Portrait painter; Landscape painter

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  Sir James Guthrie P.R.S.A. H.R.A. R.S.W. L.L.D. (1859-1930).

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  Sir James Guthrie, PRSA HRA RSW LLD (British, 1859-1930) 'A Highland Shepherd - sketch'

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  SIR JAMES GUTHRIE P.R.S.A.

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  Sir James Guthrie, PRSA HRA RSW LLD (British, 1859-1930) Miss Isabella H. Gardiner 110.8 x 85.7 cm. (43 5/8 x 33 3/4 in.)

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Sir James Guthrie Biography

(b greenock, 10 june 1859; d rhu, strathclyde, 6 sept 1930). scottish painter. he originally enrolled at glasgow university to study law but in 1877 his father, a member of the scottish clergy, allowed him to train as a painter under james drummond (1816–77). in 1878 he began work in john pettie’s studio in london where he was encouraged to produce academic history and genre paintings. every summer from 1878 to 1881, however, guthrie returned to scotland to paint landscapes alongside joseph crawhall and e. a. walton. he was influenced by the work of jean-françois millet and the barbizon school and in the spring of 1882 completed his first major realist painting, funeral service in the highlands (glasgow, a.g. & mus.).

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