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1857 Edinburgh, Scotland - 1942 Crieff, Perth. Known for: Landscape painting, coastal.
Nisbet was a Scottish landscape painter known for his watercolors. Born 1 July 1857 in Edinburgh, son of a house-painter. At first apprenticed in a shipping office, but took up painting in 1880,... Read full biography
Nisbet was a Scottish landscape painter known for his watercolors. Born 1 July 1857 in Edinburgh, son of a house-painter. At first apprenticed in a shipping office, but took up painting in 1880, joined his brother Pollock Nisbet, already a painter, in Venice, then studied in Edinburgh at the Board... Read full biography
Nisbet was a Scottish landscape painter known for his watercolors. Born 1 July 1857 in Edinburgh, son of a house-painter. At first apprenticed in a shipping office, but took up painting in 1880, joined his brother Pollock Nisbet, already a painter, in Venice, then studied in Edinburgh at the Board of Manufacturers School and the R.S.A. Life Class 1882–5, and in Paris under Bouguereau. Exhibited at the R.S.A. from 1880, A.R.S.A. 1893, R.S.A. 1902, and at the R.A. from 1888; also in Paris,... Read full biography
Nisbet was a Scottish landscape painter known for his watercolors. Born 1 July 1857 in Edinburgh, son of a house-painter. At first apprenticed in a shipping office, but took up painting in 1880, joined his brother Pollock Nisbet, already a painter, in Venice, then studied in Edinburgh at the Board of Manufacturers School and the R.S.A. Life Class 1882–5, and in Paris under Bouguereau. Exhibited at the R.S.A. from 1880, A.R.S.A. 1893, R.S.A. 1902, and at the R.A. from 1888; also in Paris, Berlin, etc. R.S.W. 1887, R.I. 1892–1907; also R.B.A. and member of the Royal Belgian Watercolor Society. Founder member 1892 and second President of the Society of Scottish Artists. Married the artist Margaret Dempster. Died 15 August 1942 at Crieff,... Read full biography
Nisbet was a Scottish landscape painter known for his watercolors. Born 1 July 1857 in Edinburgh, son of a house-painter. At first apprenticed in a shipping office, but took up painting in 1880, joined his brother Pollock Nisbet, already a painter, in Venice, then studied in Edinburgh at the Board of Manufacturers School and the R.S.A. Life Class 1882–5, and in Paris under Bouguereau. Exhibited at the R.S.A. from 1880, A.R.S.A. 1893, R.S.A. 1902, and at the R.A. from 1888; also in Paris, Berlin, etc. R.S.W. 1887, R.I. 1892–1907; also R.B.A. and member of the Royal Belgian Watercolor Society. Founder member 1892 and second President of the Society of Scottish Artists. Married the artist Margaret Dempster. Died 15 August 1942 at Crieff, Perth. Published in: . Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and S... Read full biography
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Nisbet was a Scottish landscape painter known for his watercolors. Born 1 July 1857 in Edinburgh, son of a house-painter. At first apprenticed in a shipping office, but took up painting in 1880, joined his brother Pollock Nisbet, already a painter, in Venice, then studied in Edinburgh at the Board of Manufacturers School and the R.S.A. Life Class 1882–5, and in Paris under Bouguereau.
Exhibited at the R.S.A. from 1880, A.R.S.A. 1893, R.S.A. 1902, and at the R.A. from 1888; also in Paris, Berlin, etc. R.S.W. 1887, R.I. 1892–1907; also R.B.A. and member of the Royal Belgian Watercolor Society. Founder member 1892 and second President of the Society of Scottish Artists. Married the artist Margaret Dempster. Died...But wait, there's more...
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