William Stewart MacGeorge

William Stewart MacGeorge (1861–1931)[1][2] was a Scottish artist associated with the Kirkcudbright School. Born in Castle Douglas, lived at 120 King St. He attended the Royal Institution Art School in Edinburgh before studying under Charles Verlat in Antwerp. After becoming influenced by Edward Atkinson Hornel, who had also studied under Verlat, MacGeorge began using brighter colours. William Stewart MacGeorge later married the widow of Hugh Munro and settling in Gifford in East Lothian where he died.[3] His widow bequeathed about 45 of his paintings to Haddington Town Council.[1] He is fictionalised in the 1907 novel Little Esson, by his boyhood friend S.R. Crockett

Portrait of MacGeorge by Edward Atkinson Hornel
'Bark Peeling' by W S MacGeorge, exhibited Royal Scottish Academy 1889
Kirkcudbright by McGeorge
The Goldfish Bowl by William Stewart MacGeorge

References
  1. 99 paintings by or after William Stewart MacGeorge, Art UK
  2. "William Stewart MacGeorge | Kirkcudbright Galleries | Dumfries and Galloway | Artists | Gallery". Kirkcudbright Galleries. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. Biography of & artworks by William Stewart Macgeorge at the Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries, Scotland virtual representation of the Gracefield Arts Centre's Permanent Collection at exploreart.co.uk


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