Daniel Macnee
Sir Daniel Macnee (born June 4, 1806 in Fintry , Stirlingshire , † January 17, 1882 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish portrait painter.
At the age of 13 Daniel Macnee began training with the renowned landscape painter John Knox , together with Horatio McCulloch and William Leighton Leitch . He then worked as a lithographer for a year and then had a job in which he decorated the lids of wooden snuffboxes with ornaments. Finally, he studied at the Trustees' Academy Edinburgh and colored engravings for the engraver William Home Lizars . In 1832 Macnee established himself as an artist in Glasgow and became a sought-after portraitist there.
In 1829 Macnee became a member of the newly formed Royal Scottish Academy . In 1876 he succeeded the late President of the Academy, Sir George Harvey , and was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1877 . In the same year he became a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . From that time until his death Macnee lived in Edinburgh. His social character and his inimitable way of telling amusing Scottish anecdotes made him extremely popular there.
literature
- Macnee, Sir Daniel . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 17 : Lord Chamberlain - Mecklenburg . London 1911, p. 265 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- Dictionary of National Biography on the multimedia CD Infopedia UK, Softkey Multimedia Inc., 1996.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 19, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Macnee, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fintry , Stirlingshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1882 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |