William Stewart MacGeorge
William Stewart MacGeorge (* 1. April 1861 in Castle Douglas , Dumfries and Galloway , † 1931 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish painter of the late Impressionism .
Life
William Stewart MacGeorge was born in Castle Douglas on April 1, 1861, to the shoemaker David MacGeorge. MacGeorge attended the Free Church School at Castle Douglas. In 1880 he enrolled in the Trustees' Academy , an art school in Edinburgh, where Edward Atkinson Hornel also studied. MacGeorge was a successful student and won the art school winning award in his sophomore and third year. His work was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1881 . In 1883 MacGeorge and Hornel went to Antwerp together to study at the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts . There they were taught by Charles Verlat , among others . Again, MacGeorge was one of the outstanding art students. On his return to Scotland, he enrolled at the Royal Scottish Academy art school, where he continued his studies and established himself as an artist. In 1898 he was accepted as an associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy, and in 1910 he was elected a full member. His work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts , the Royal Hibernian Academy , the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Aberdeen Artists' Society .
MacGeorge spent most of his life between Edinburgh and Galloway. He lived at 11 Melville Place, Edinburgh during the winter and had a studio in Kirkcudbright during the summer. There he devoted himself primarily to outdoor painting and was, like many Scottish painters of that time, significantly influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage . His style was characterized by a pronounced naturalism . Typical of his work are informal scenes of children playing. The fishermen with their nets on the River Dee near Kirkcudbright were also a favorite. MacGeorge married the watercolor painter Mabel Victoria Elliot at an advanced age . They settled in Gifford near Haddington, East Lothian . MacGeorge died in 1931, leaving 45 paintings for his widow.
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| SURNAME | MacGeorge, William Stewart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish late impressionism painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castle Douglas , Dumfries and Galloway |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1931 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |