Sir James Guthrie HRA PRSA HRSW 1859-1930
Overview
The Garden Party, exhibited 2011 - SOLD
Sir James Guthrie was one of the Glasgow Boys. Born at Greenock, he turned to painting after studying law at Glasgow University. In the early 1880s he lived and worked at Cockburnspath with others of the group, including Walton and Crawhall, painting the local landscape and people.
Works
Exhibitions
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The Glasgow Boys
30 Jun - 29 Jul 2022 LondonWhen the Glasgow Boys rose to prominence in the 1880s, there was a sense of wonder at how a group of Scottish painters could hold such sway in the academies,...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 -
The Glasgow Boys & Galloway Pictures
Harbour Cottage Gallery, Kirkcudbright 14 - 29 Aug 2021 EdinburghHarbour Cottage Gallery Castle Bank, Kirkcudbright DG6 4LB Open 11am to 5pm Monday through Saturday 12pm to 5pm on Sundays In this, our 6th exhibition at Harbour Cottage Gallery and...Read more -
The Glasgow Boys
10 Jun - 24 Jul 2021 EdinburghWhen the Glasgow Boys rose to prominence in the 1880s, there was a sense of wonder at how a group of Scottish painters could hold such sway in the academies,...Read more -
Fleming At Fifty
Radicals, Pioneers and Rebels 15 Aug - 3 Sep 2018 EdinburghIn partnership with The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, the exhibition showcased historic nineteenth and early twentieth Scottish paintings in modern and timely contexts, focusing on pioneering female artists, migration and refugee...Read more -
The Glasgow Boys 1870-1910
21 Jul - 28 Aug 2017 EdinburghIn a reaction to the prescribed approach to the Victorian painting of the late nineteenth century, the Glasgow Boys sought a new and ‘modern’ style of painting, where their compositions...Read more -
Lavery and The Glasgow Boys
7 Apr - 8 May 2010 Edinburgh, LondonNo one quite understood why art should flourish in grimy Glasgow at the turn of the twentieth century. Even in eulogies on the ‘second city of the Empire’ there was...Read more
