Sir william mactaggart biography of martin

From the first he was a healthy and stirring boy, and, when no more than four years old, he was sent with his older brothers, and to free his.

William McTaggart's art was likened to Impressionism and yet he was a forerunner of that genre.

Sir William MacTaggart FRSE RA PPRSA (–) was a Scottish painter known for his landscapes of East Lothian, France, Norway and elsewhere.

Sir William MacTaggart, Sir Robin William McTaggart, R.S.A., V.P.R.S.W.: a biography and an appreciation John Martin, , his life and works.

Born in Loanhead, near Edinburgh, Sir William MacTaggart was the grandson of the landscape painter William McTaggart (–).

Sir William MacTaggart FRSE RA PPRSA (–) was a Scottish painter known for his landscapes of East Lothian, France, Norway and elsewhere..

Sir William MacTaggart RSA 1903-1981

One of my earliest recollections of Willie MacTaggart goes back some 45 years to a party in his Loanhead home.

It was snowing and a bitterly cold night, relieved for myself and my wife by the warmth of our welcome amongst his artist colleagues, most of whom we later came to count as lifelong friends.

Amongst them were Harry Harvey Wood and his wife who had known Willie since Harry and he had been fellow students in the Painting School at the Edinburgh College of Art.

At the time I knew little of Willie’s early upbringing, background or career and, in writing this appreciation I have relied heavily on Harvey Wood’s monograph, written at a far distant date for the University Press, which covers the artist’s early days and, in my view, is by far the most perceptive and balanced account of his life and achievements.

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