James Guthrie (painter)

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James Guthrie about 1885
James Guthrie about 1905

Sir James Guthrie (born June 10, 1859 in Greenock , Inverclyde , † September 6, 1930 in Rhy , Dunbartonshire ) was a Scottish late Impressionist painter and an important representative of the Glasgow Boys , an artist group from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

life and work

James Guthrie, born in 1859 in Greenock in the county Inverclyde son of a Scottish clergyman , had first at the University of Glasgow enrolled to law to study, study but gave up in 1877 so that he himself entirely to painting could devote. He was first taught by James Drummond in Glasgow . In 1878 he went to London , where he of John Pettie in the history painting and genre painting was taught. After completing his training, he and Edward Arthur Walton applied for admission to the Glasgow Art Club , but was harshly rejected. Applications from fellow painters William York MacGregor and James Paterson were also rejected.

Guthrie then left Glasgow and went to Paris with Walton . There, together with Joseph Crawhall , they dealt intensively with the French realists , especially with the works of Jules Bastien-Lepage, and for the most part acquired appropriate painting techniques in self-lessons. Back in Glasgow Guthrie made contact with the Glasgow Boys , whose leading figure was William York MacGregor. Guthrie, like Arthur Melville, did not take part in the group's regular meetings in MacGregor's studio, instead exchanging ideas with his fellow artists on the summer painting excursions. He lived most of the time in the country in Cockburnspath in the county of Berwickshire , where he also famous painting A Hind's Daughter and schoolmates created.

In 1888 Guthrie was elected an associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy and in 1892 a full member. In 1893 he received a small gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition . It was during these years that Guthrie became the leading figure in the Glasgow Boys after MacGregor retired due to health problems. In 1902 Guthrie became President of the Royal Scottish Academy and was knighted a Knight Bachelor the following year , so that he was allowed to call himself "Sir" from now on. In 1920 Albert I , King of the Belgians awarded him the Order of the Crown . Guthrie, who had become an eminent portrait painter over the course of his life , created several significant portraits during this period , including personalities such as Arthur James Balfour , David Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law . These images served as studies for his large format painting Statesmen of World War I , which he had worked on until his death. Guthrie died in Rhu, Dunbartonshire, in 1930.

gallery

  • A Hind's Daughter (1883)

  • Schoolmates (1884)

  • Self-Portrait (1905)

  • Andrew Bonar Law (1924)

  • Statesmen of World War I (1930)

literature

  • Andrew Mcintosh Patrick: Guthrie and the Scottish realists. The Fine Art Society 1981.

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personal data
SURNAME Guthrie, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish late impressionism painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenock , Inverclyde
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1930
Place of death Rhy , Dunbartonshire