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James Lawson Wingate BIOGRAPHY
1846 Kelvinhaugh near Glasgow - 1924 Edinburgh. Known for: Landscape and genre painting.
Sir James Lawton Wingate was born in 1846 in Kelvinhaugh near Glasgow. He started his career as a boy clerk in a Glasgow commercial house, but was more interested in drawing. He took drawing lessons... Read full biography
Sir James Lawton Wingate was born in 1846 in Kelvinhaugh near Glasgow. He started his career as a boy clerk in a Glasgow commercial house, but was more interested in drawing. He took drawing lessons and was inspired by Ruskin's Modern Painters and Elements of Drawing and the Pre-Raphaelite... Read full biography
Sir James Lawton Wingate was born in 1846 in Kelvinhaugh near Glasgow. He started his career as a boy clerk in a Glasgow commercial house, but was more interested in drawing. He took drawing lessons and was inspired by Ruskin's Modern Painters and Elements of Drawing and the Pre-Raphaelite tradition. He exhibited his watercolor drawings for the first time in 1864 at the Glasgow Fine Art Institute. He went on a tour of Italy in 1867-68, where he studied the works of the great masters and painted... Read full biography
Sir James Lawton Wingate was born in 1846 in Kelvinhaugh near Glasgow. He started his career as a boy clerk in a Glasgow commercial house, but was more interested in drawing. He took drawing lessons and was inspired by Ruskin's Modern Painters and Elements of Drawing and the Pre-Raphaelite tradition. He exhibited his watercolor drawings for the first time in 1864 at the Glasgow Fine Art Institute. He went on a tour of Italy in 1867-68, where he studied the works of the great masters and painted directly from nature. He then moved to Hamilton and later to Edinburgh, where he studied at the RSA Schools. The turning point in his career came through meeting Hugh Cameron in 1873, which led him to create a superb body of work. He became... Read full biography
Sir James Lawton Wingate was born in 1846 in Kelvinhaugh near Glasgow. He started his career as a boy clerk in a Glasgow commercial house, but was more interested in drawing. He took drawing lessons and was inspired by Ruskin's Modern Painters and Elements of Drawing and the Pre-Raphaelite tradition. He exhibited his watercolor drawings for the first time in 1864 at the Glasgow Fine Art Institute. He went on a tour of Italy in 1867-68, where he studied the works of the great masters and painted directly from nature. He then moved to Hamilton and later to Edinburgh, where he studied at the RSA Schools. The turning point in his career came through meeting Hugh Cameron in 1873, which led him to create a superb body of work. He became President of the RSA in 1919, and died in Edinburgh. Wingate is known for his watercolor paintings of the Scottish countryside and tree forms.
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Sir James Lawton Wingate was born in 1846 in Kelvinhaugh near Glasgow. He started his career as a boy clerk in a Glasgow commercial house, but was more interested in drawing. He took drawing lessons and was inspired by Ruskin's Modern Painters and Elements of Drawing and the Pre-Raphaelite tradition.
He exhibited his watercolor drawings for the first time in 1864 at the Glasgow Fine Art Institute. He went on a tour of Italy in 1867-68, where he studied the works of the great masters and painted directly from nature. He then moved to Hamilton and later to Edinburgh, where he studied at the RSA Schools.
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