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Donald Bain BIOGRAPHY
1904 - 1979. Known for: Portrait, figure, still life and landscape paintings.
Donald Bain was born in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, in 1904, the son of a textile designer. Later, the family moved to England to live and Bain eventually began studying art under William York MacGregor... Read full biography
Donald Bain was born in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, in 1904, the son of a textile designer. Later, the family moved to England to live and Bain eventually began studying art under William York MacGregor (1855 – 1923), one of the Glasgow Boys. It was MacGregor who introduced Bain to the work of the... Read full biography
Donald Bain was born in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, in 1904, the son of a textile designer. Later, the family moved to England to live and Bain eventually began studying art under William York MacGregor (1855 – 1923), one of the Glasgow Boys. It was MacGregor who introduced Bain to the work of the Scottish Colourists and Bain was to become particularly associated with J.D. Fergusson (1874 – 1961), becoming involved with the New Scottish Group from its inception in 1942. He worked in France after the... Read full biography
Donald Bain was born in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, in 1904, the son of a textile designer. Later, the family moved to England to live and Bain eventually began studying art under William York MacGregor (1855 – 1923), one of the Glasgow Boys. It was MacGregor who introduced Bain to the work of the Scottish Colourists and Bain was to become particularly associated with J.D. Fergusson (1874 – 1961), becoming involved with the New Scottish Group from its inception in 1942. He worked in France after the Second World War, but settled in Glasgow in 1948. His work remained largely unknown until a major touring exhibition in 1972-73.
Donald Bain was born in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, in 1904, the son of a textile designer. Later, the family moved to England to live and Bain eventually began studying art under William York MacGregor (1855 – 1923), one of the Glasgow Boys. It was MacGregor who introduced Bain to the work of the Scottish Colourists and Bain was to become particularly associated with J.D. Fergusson (1874 – 1961), becoming involved with the New Scottish Group from its inception in 1942. He worked in France after the Second World War, but settled in Glasgow in 1948. His work remained largely unknown until a major touring exhibition in 1972-73.
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Donald Bain was born in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, in 1904, the son of a textile designer. Later, the family moved to England to live and Bain eventually began studying art under William York MacGregor (1855 – 1923), one of the Glasgow Boys.
It was MacGregor who introduced Bain to the work of the Scottish Colourists and Bain was to become particularly associated with J.D. Fergusson (1874 – 1961), becoming involved with the New Scottish Group from its inception in 1942. He worked in France after the Second World War, but settled in Glasgow in 1948. His work remained largely unknown until a major touring exhibition in 1972-73.