Artist
William Stewart MacGeorge
British, 1861–1931
William Stewart MacGeorge was a British Impressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at National Galleries Scotland. William Stewart MacGeorge was born in Dumfries and Galloway.
Overview
William Stewart MacGeorge (1 April 1861 – 9 November 1931) was a Scottish artist associated with the Kirkcudbright School. Born in Castle Douglas, he lived at 120 King Street. 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, East Lothian where he died. His widow bequeathed about 45 of his paintings to Haddington Town Council. He is fictionalised in the 1907 novel Little Esson, by his boyhood friend S. R. Crockett
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