John Knox 1778-1845
Overview
View of Loch Katrine with travellers on a path, exhibited 2010 - SOLD
John Knox was born in Paisley. His early career as a landscape painter was spent at his studio in Glasgow, where he also taught. Among his pupils were Macnee, McCulloch and Leitch. In the late 1820s and early 1830s he lived in London and exhibited at the RA. He returned to Glasgow for a few years before settling at Keswick, where he spent the rest of his life.
Although it is not certain that John Knox was a pupil of Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), he is considered Nasmyth's closest successor in terms both of rural and urban imagery. Knox painted some fine panoramic views; his subjects included Lochs Lomond and Katrine and the west coast of Scotland.
Works
Exhibitions
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John Knox
The Light Sublime 23 Mar - 10 May 2023 EdinburghAn exhibition on the landscape and people of the West of Scotland will accompany the paintings by John Knox (1776-1845) Whether on a grand or diminutive scale, John Knox’s work...Read more -
Master Drawings New York
at Robert Simon Fine Art 20 - 28 Jan 2023An exhibition of British and Scottish pictures from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and decorative art and furniture from the late nineteenth century: prints by James Whistler; a group of...Read more -
Twenty Twenty One
30 Sep - 13 Nov 2021 EdinburghThe Fine Art Society presents an exhibition of work by Scottish artists, including: Allan Ramsay, Sir Henry Raeburn, John Knox, Sir David Wilkie, Patrick Nasmyth, David Roberts, Alexander Johnston, Sam...Read more -
Scottish Painting
1650-1950 15 Nov - 23 Dec 2019 Edinburgh1650 to 1950 was a presentation of three centuries of Scottish Painting, from 17 th century works by William Gouw Ferguson through still life, landscape painting and portraiture to the...Read more -
The Sublime And The Beautiful
31 May - 20 Jul 2019 EdinburghThe Sublime And The Beautiful was an exhibition of Scottish artworks from the 17th through 21st centuries. Incorporating oil, watercolour, sculpture and printmaking, the exhibited works depicted the sublime or...Read more -
Scottishness in Art
1750-1980 5 Jul - 7 Sep 2013 EdinburghThe eighteenth century saw Scotland take a giant step forward. It opened trade with English colonies and saw Scotland rise culturally, socially and economically. It was against this backdrop that...Read more
