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Born 1948 Glasgow, Scotland. Known for: Painting.
James McNaught RSW RGI (b.1948) paints buildings and street scenes, mysterious figures and other narrative elements in fictional combinations. James McNaught was born in Glasgow, the only son of... Read full biography
James McNaught RSW RGI (b.1948) paints buildings and street scenes, mysterious figures and other narrative elements in fictional combinations. James McNaught was born in Glasgow, the only son of parents who worked as carpet designers at Templeton’s Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. He studied Fine... Read full biography
James McNaught RSW RGI (b.1948) paints buildings and street scenes, mysterious figures and other narrative elements in fictional combinations. James McNaught was born in Glasgow, the only son of parents who worked as carpet designers at Templeton’s Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. He studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield between 1966 and 1970. He won the Royal Scottish Academy painting award in 1970. In 2010 he won the Sir William Gillies Award at the Royal Scottish... Read full biography
James McNaught RSW RGI (b.1948) paints buildings and street scenes, mysterious figures and other narrative elements in fictional combinations. James McNaught was born in Glasgow, the only son of parents who worked as carpet designers at Templeton’s Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. He studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield between 1966 and 1970. He won the Royal Scottish Academy painting award in 1970. In 2010 he won the Sir William Gillies Award at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. James paints in gouache and watercolour with a delicate touch and a faultless technique. His paintings have an obsessive quality, they are witty and enigmatic and depict a surreal, brooding, slightly threatening... Read full biography
James McNaught RSW RGI (b.1948) paints buildings and street scenes, mysterious figures and other narrative elements in fictional combinations. James McNaught was born in Glasgow, the only son of parents who worked as carpet designers at Templeton’s Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. He studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield between 1966 and 1970. He won the Royal Scottish Academy painting award in 1970. In 2010 he won the Sir William Gillies Award at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. James paints in gouache and watercolour with a delicate touch and a faultless technique. His paintings have an obsessive quality, they are witty and enigmatic and depict a surreal, brooding, slightly threatening world. McNaught has had multiple solo exhibitions in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Munich. His pai... Read full biography
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James McNaught RSW RGI (b.1948) paints buildings and street scenes, mysterious figures and other narrative elements in fictional combinations.
James McNaught was born in Glasgow, the only son of parents who worked as carpet designers at Templeton’s Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. He studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield between 1966 and 1970. He won the Royal Scottish Academy painting award in 1970. In 2010 he won the Sir William Gillies Award at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.
James paints in gouache and watercolour with a delicate touch and a faultless technique. His paintings have an obsessive quality, they are witty and enigmatic and depict a surreal, brooding, slightly threatening world. McNaught has had multiple solo exhibitions in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Munich. His paintings are highly sought after and held in significant private collections worldwide.