William Alister MacDonald - Artist Info

About William Alister MacDonald

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    William Alister MacDonald (1860-1956)

    Painter in watercolour of landscapes, coastal and river scene, he was the son of a Scottish Free Church Minister, John Macdonald, of Clyne, Sutherland.

    William Alister MacDonald exhibited in London 1892-1936, including two works at the Royal Academy - 'Doubtful Weather - Loch Hourn' (1892) and Her Palaces and Towers (1893) when he had a studio in North London.

    He married Lucy Winifred Cary, a miniature painter and daughter of the artist William H Cary, who was a manageress of the Arlington Galleries in Bond Street, London.

    William Alister MacDonald had two exhibitions at the Arlington Galleries - in 1935 "Among the Islands of the South Seas... Impressions in...

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