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1835 Aros, Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland - 1910 Dean Park, Broomieknowe, Scotland. Known for: Portrait, land-and seascape painting.
Born on Aros, Kintyre, to a family of very modest means, his father an agricultural laborer who frequently moved his family for work, William McTaggart showed early signs of interest in the arts and... Read full biography
Born on Aros, Kintyre, to a family of very modest means, his father an agricultural laborer who frequently moved his family for work, William McTaggart showed early signs of interest in the arts and a talent for drawing and painting. The twelve year-old McTaggart was apprenticed with the apothecary... Read full biography
Born on Aros, Kintyre, to a family of very modest means, his father an agricultural laborer who frequently moved his family for work, William McTaggart showed early signs of interest in the arts and a talent for drawing and painting. The twelve year-old McTaggart was apprenticed with the apothecary Dr John Buchan in Campbeltown, who appears to have had an active role in encouraging and nurturing the talent of the boy, introducing him to the painter Daniel MacNee. McTaggart was fortunate enough... Read full biography
Born on Aros, Kintyre, to a family of very modest means, his father an agricultural laborer who frequently moved his family for work, William McTaggart showed early signs of interest in the arts and a talent for drawing and painting. The twelve year-old McTaggart was apprenticed with the apothecary Dr John Buchan in Campbeltown, who appears to have had an active role in encouraging and nurturing the talent of the boy, introducing him to the painter Daniel MacNee. McTaggart was fortunate enough to be able to enroll into the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh in 1852 and attend courses for free, earning his lodgings and living by painting portraits. His arrival at the Academy coincided with the arrival of Robert Scott Lauder, who was an... Read full biography
Born on Aros, Kintyre, to a family of very modest means, his father an agricultural laborer who frequently moved his family for work, William McTaggart showed early signs of interest in the arts and a talent for drawing and painting. The twelve year-old McTaggart was apprenticed with the apothecary Dr John Buchan in Campbeltown, who appears to have had an active role in encouraging and nurturing the talent of the boy, introducing him to the painter Daniel MacNee. McTaggart was fortunate enough to be able to enroll into the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh in 1852 and attend courses for free, earning his lodgings and living by painting portraits. His arrival at the Academy coincided with the arrival of Robert Scott Lauder, who was an inspirational teacher and was responsible for creating a particularly strong crop of young Scottish artists... Read full biography
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- •Easel Painting