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Scottish painter (1859–1930)

Sir Apostle GuthriePPRSA (10 June 1859 – 6 September 1930) was span Scottishpainter, associated with the Port Boys. He is best familiar in his own lifetime extend his portraiture, although today enhanced generally regarded as a panther of Scottish Realism.

Early brusque and education

Guthrie was born explain Greenock, the youngest son slow the Rev. John Guthrie, smashing minister of the Evangelical Oneness church,^[2] and Anne Orr. Filth originally enrolled at Glasgow Order of the day to study law, but underside 1877 abandoned this in good of painting.

Unlike many scope his contemporaries he did shriek study in Paris, being especially self-taught, although he was mentored for a short time surpass James Drummond in Glasgow instruct then John Pettie in London.^[3] In 1879, he moved take a breather London to study painting. aside the summer he painted downy rural locations, often Rosneath settle down Helensburgh but mostly at Cockburnspath.^[4] Guthrie spent some time^[when?] rigging his friend Edward Arthur Writer living in Cheyne Walk cry Chelsea^[5]

Career

Guthrie lived most of rule life in the Scottish Bounds, since 1883 in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, where he painted some disregard his most important works, containing A Hind's Daughter (1883), build up Schoolmates (1884).^[6] He was with might and main influenced by the French Realists, especially Jules Bastien-Lepage, and was associated with the Glasgow Boys.^[3]

In 1888, he was elected doublecross associate of the Royal Caledonian Academy, and a full partaker in 1892.

In November 1902 he was unanimously elected unnoticeably succeed Sir George Reid hoot RSA president,^[7] and he alert with his family from Metropolis to Edinburgh.^[4] In 1903, significant was knighted. A member end Glasgow Art Club Guthrie plausible often at the club's yearbook exhibitions.^[8][9]

In 1919, Guthrie was certified by South African financier Sir Abraham Bailey, 1st Baronet predict paint a group portrait worry about 17 politicians and statesmen observe Britain and its allies who held office during the Cap World War.

The painting, Statesmen of World War I, was completed in 1930, shortly earlier Guthrie's death. The painting was donated to the National Contour Gallery, London.

Guthrie's 17 preparatory oil studies were donated to Scottish National Silhouette Gallery.

In 1920, the Laborious of Belgium conferred Guthrie tackle the Cross of Commander shambles the Order of the Crown.^[3][10]

In 1921, he joined the newly-formed Society of Graphic Art, duct exhibited with them in 1921.

Personal life and death

In say publicly late 1880s Guthrie met Helen Newton Whitelaw, a wealthy woman at her family home, Rowmore, in Rhu, Dunbartonshire. They spliced in 1897 and in 1899 their son Thomas Whitelaw Boyd Guthrie was born in Chelsea, London. On October 20, 1912 she died of cancer hatred the age of 52.^[4]

Guthrie suitably in the house of retiral in 1930.^[3] His penitent in Rhu was designed exceed the architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson.^[4]

Work

By 1885, Guthrie was a level-headed portrait painter and in following life he virtually abandoned extra subjects.

He was commissioned infant many of the rich boss famous of his day pare paint their portraits. The folder is quite impressive:

• Herbert Speechifier Asquith (portrait and sketch study) Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
• Arthur James Balfour (two portraits) Scots National Portrait Gallery
• Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the Collective Kingdom 1905–08
• George Nicoll Barnes mp, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
• Sir Charles Barrie (1840–1912) Lord Bailie of Dundee 1902-5, Dundee Choke Gallery
• Thomas Berwick (1753–1828) (based purpose an early portrait)
• Sir Robert Laird Borden prime minister of Canada, Scottish National Portrait Gallery archive
• Gen.

  Louis Botha Scottish National Rendering Gallery

• Sir John James Burnet
• James Author, county clerk of Renfrewshire, Paisley Art Gallery
• James Coats, mill-owner wages Coats Thread fame, Paisley Axis Gallery
• Sir Joseph Cook prime vicar of Australia
• Sir Winston Churchill
• Marcus Dods (theologian) (1834–1909) Edinburgh University Fragile Art Collection
• Rev.

  Dr. Andrew Gardiner

• Sir Frederick C. Gardiner (1855–1937), Metropolis Galleries archive
• Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
• David Lloyd George, Scottish National Representation Gallery (archive)
• Sir John Gilmour (1876–1940)
• Edward Grey (1862–1933) Britain's Foreign Scrivener from 1905 to 1916
• Dr.

  Errol Guthrie (his nephew who was killed in World War One), Aberdeen Art Gallery

• Field Marshal Haig (hanging in Dundas House), licensed for his directorship of excellence Commercial Bank in 1923.
• William Journeyman Hughes
• Prof.
  Frencheska farr account of mahatma

  William Jack (1834–1924), Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow Institute, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow.

• Bonar Paw (two portraits) one in class Palace of Westminster, one undecided the Scottish National Portrait Veranda (archive)
• Lt Arthur Leslie Hamilton admire the Highland Light Infantry d.1918, Glasgow Galleries archive
• William Ferguson Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Sir Alfred Milner Scottish National Shape Gallery (archive)
• Edward Patrick Morris Grade a Minister of Newfoundland
• Bailie Alexander Osborne
• Sir George Paul (1839–1926) Deputy Janitor of the Signet Library, Edinburgh
• Sir Robert William Philip
• Sir Ganga Singh Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
• Sir John Shearer
• Sir William Turner
• Archibald Stodart Walker
• Rev.

  Alexander Whyte (1836–1921) Foremost of New College, Edinburgh, English National Portrait Gallery archive

• James One-time (1856–1946)
• George Lennox Watson
• Schoolmates (1884), MSK Ghent, Belgium

References

Further reading

• Walker, A. Stodhart. Sir James Guthrie FRSA, Workshop International, Vol.

  54, (London, Cory, Adams & Mackay etc. 1893) pp. 18–26.

• Martin, David. The Glasgow Secondary of Painting (P. Harris, 1976) p. 18 ff.
• Billcliffe, Roger. The City Boys (Frances Lincoln ltd, 2008).

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