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This is a list of notable artists born in Scotland and/or well known for their work in Scotland, arranged alphabetically by surname and by period.
Born before 1700
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John Alexander (died 1733), painter and
engraver
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Arnold Bronckhorst (fl. 1565–1583),
Dutch painter, the first King's Painter of Scotland
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William Gouw Ferguson (1632/3 – c. 1689),
still life painter, active in France and Italy
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Gawen Hamilton (1698–1737), painter largely working in London
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George Heriot (1563–1624), Scottish
goldsmith and
jeweler
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George Jamesone (or Jameson, c. 1587–1644), Scotland's first eminent portrait painter
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David Paton, active 1660–1700, painter of
miniatures
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François Quesnel (c. 1543–1619), Scotland-born French painter
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John Michael Wright (1617–1694), portrait painter in the
Baroque style
Born 1700–1799
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Cosmo Alexander (c. 1724–1772), noted North American portrait painter
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David Allan (1744–1796), painter of historical subjects
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Andrew Bell (1726–1809), engraver and printer, co-founder of
Encyclopædia Britannica
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John Zephaniah Bell (1794–1883), painter
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John Brown (1752–1787), artist
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Thomas Campbell (1790–1858), sculptor
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Alexander Carse (c. 1770–1843), painter known for scenes of Scottish life
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Robert Edmonstone (1794–1834), painter
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Robert Freebairn (1765–1808), landscape painter
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Andrew Geddes (1783–1844), portrait painter and etcher
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John Watson Gordon (1788–1864), painter
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Gavin Hamilton (1723–1798), Scottish
neoclassical history painter
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David Ramsay Hay (1798–1866), artist, interior decorator and
colour theorist
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Andrew Henderson (1783–1835), portrait painter
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John Kay (1742–1826),
caricaturist and engraver
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William Home Lizars (1788–1859), painter and engraver
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William Miller (1796–1882), engraver
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Jacob More (1740–1793), landscape painter
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William Mossman, 1793–1851, sculptor
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Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), landscape painter
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Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), landscape painter, son of Alexander
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Jane Nasmyth (1788–1867), landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
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Barbara Nasmyth (1790–1870), landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
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Anne Nasmyth (1798–1874), landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
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Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), portrait painter
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Allan Ramsay (1713–1784), painter
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David Roberts (1796–1864), painter and
lithographer
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Alexander Robertson (1772–1841), painter, brother of Andrew and Archibald
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Andrew Robertson (1777–1845), miniaturist painter
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Archibald Robertson (1765–1835), painter
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Alexander Runciman (1736–1785), painter of historical and mythical subjects
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John Runciman (1744–1768/9), painter known for Biblical and literary scenes, brother of Alexander
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Patrick Syme (1774-1845), flower-painter and color theorist
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Archibald Skirving (1749–1819), portrait painter
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Reverend John Thomson (1778–1840), landscape painter and
minister of
Duddingston Kirk
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William John Thomson RSA (1771–1845), portrait and miniaturist painter
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George Watson (1767–1837), painter
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David Wilkie (1785–1841), painter
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Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), landscape painter
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William Yellowlees (1796–1855), portrait painter
Born 1800–1899
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John Brown Abercromby (1843–1929), painter ranging from traditional portraiture to avant-garde modernism
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Patrick Adam (1852–1929), painter
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Robert Adamson (1821–1848), photographer
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John Macdonald Aiken (1880–1961), water-colourist and oil painter
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Lena Alexander (1899–1983), painter
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Jessie Algie (1859–1927), flower painter
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Andrew Allan (1863–1942), lithographer
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Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942), water-colour and oil painter of landscape and marine subjects
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Marion Ancrum (fl. 1885–1919), water-colour painter
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Hazel Armour (1894–1985), sculptor and medallist
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James Arroll (1862–1936), painter
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George Bain (1881–1968), art teacher whose writing revived interest in
Celtic and
Insular art
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James Ballantine (1806–1877), artist and author
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Penelope Beaton (1886–1963), painter
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Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), painter and illustrator
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John Blair (c. 1849–1934), painter
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Muirhead Bone (1876–1953),
etcher
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Phyllis Bone (1894–1972), sculptor
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William Bonnar (1800–1863), portraitist and history and
genre painter
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William Brodie (1815–1881), sculptor
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Robert Brough (1872–1905), painter
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John Crawford Brown (1805–1867), landscape artist
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William Kellock Brown (1856–1934), sculptor
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Elizabeth York Brunton (1880 – c. 1960), painter
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Robert Bryden (1865–1939), artist, sculptor and engraver
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Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), sculptor
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Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937), member of the
Scottish Colourists school
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James Cadenhead (1858–1927), painter
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Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), sculptor known for the
architectural sculpture of
Philadelphia City Hall
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David Young Cameron (1865–1945), painter and etcher
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Mary Cameron (1865–1921), portraitist
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George Paul Chalmers (1833–1878), painter
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Thomas J Clapperton (1879–1962), sculptor
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James Cowie (1886–1956), painter
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Hugh Adam Crawford (1898–1982), painter
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William Crozier (1893–1930), landscape painter
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Jessie Alexandra Dick (1896–1976), painter and teacher
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Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822–1891), painter
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Thomas Millie Dow (1848–1919), painter, member of the Glasgow Boys school
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Jack M. Ducker (born 1890), painter specializing in Highland landscapes
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Ian Fairweather (1891–1974), Scottish/Australian painter
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Christian Jane Fergusson (1876–1957), Dumfries and Galloway landscape and still-life painter
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John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961), member of the
Scottish Colourists school
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Henry Snell Gamley (1865–1928), sculptor specialising in
war memorials and tombs
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Robert Gavin (1827–1883), painter
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William Geissler (1894–1963), water-colourist of the natural world
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David Cooke Gibson (1827–1856), painter and poet
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James William Giles (1801–1870), Scottish landscape painter
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Sir William George Gillies (1898–1973), landscape and still-life painter
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Constance Frederica "Eka" Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), travel writer and painter
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Mary Grant 1831–1908, sculptor
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Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1931),
Glasgow School artist
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Herbert James Gunn (1893–1964), portraitist
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James Guthrie (1859–1930), painter
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Maggie Hamilton (1867–1952), painter
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Peter Alexander Hay (1866–1952)
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John Henderson (1860–1924), painter and Director of
Glasgow School of Art
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Joseph Henderson (1832–1908), Scottish landscape painter
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George Henry (1858–1943), painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School
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Joseph Morris Henderson (1863–1936), Scottish landscape painter
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Amelia Robertson Hill (née Paton, 1821–1904), sculptor and artist, wife of David Octavius
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David Octavius Hill (1802–1870), painter and photography pioneer as Hill & Adamson
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Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933), painter of landscapes, flowers and foliage with children
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Anna Hotchkis (1885–1985), painter
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John Kelso Hunter (1802–1873), portrait painter and book author
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George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931), painter and Scottish Colourist
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Beatrice Huntington (1889–1988), artist, sculptor and musician
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John Hutchison, (1832–1910), sculptor
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Alexander Johnston (1815–1891), painter known for genre and history subjects
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Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980), painter of landscapes and portraits, especially children
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Jeka Kemp (1876–1966), painter
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Annabel Kidston (1896–1981), painter
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Jessie M King (1875–1949), illustrator mainly of children's books, designer of jewellery and fabric
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Thomson Kirkwood (1820–1902), painter of landscapes and rural scenes
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Annie Rose Laing (1869–1946), painter
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Robert Scott Lauder (1803–1869), artist and portrait painter
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Andrew Law (1873–1967), artist and portrait painter
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William Mustart Lockhart (1855–1941), artist mainly of Glasgow-area landscapes in water-colours
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John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936), portraitist and genre painter, brother of architect
Robert Lorimer
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Robert Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952), painter
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Robert Walker Macbeth (1848–1910), painter, water-colourist and print-maker
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Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860–1947), painter and print-maker
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Dugald MacColl (1859–1948)
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Frances MacDonald (1873–1921),
Glasgow School artist, sister of Margaret
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Margaret MacDonald (1865–1933),
Glasgow School artist, wife of
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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James MacGillivray (1856–1938), sculptor
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William York Macgregor (1855–1923), landscape artist
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Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885–1934), painter and engraver
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), architect, designer, husband of
Margaret MacDonald
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Chica Macnab (1889–1980), painter and wood engraver
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James Herbert MacNair (1868–1955),
Glasgow School artist, designer and teacher
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Harrington Mann (1864–1937), portraitist and decorative painter, member of the Glasgow Boys movement
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George Manson (1850–1876), water-colourist
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James McBey (1883–1959), painter, etcher and war artist
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Horatio McCulloch (1806–1867), landscape painter
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R. R. McIan (1803–1856), painter
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William McTaggart (1835–1910), landscape painter
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Arthur Melville (1858–1904), painter remembered for Oriental subjects
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James Coutts Michie (1859-1919), landscape and portrait painter
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Thomas Corsan Morton (1859–1928), artist known as one of the Glasgow Boys
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James MacLauchlan Nairn (1859–1904), Glasgow-born painter who influenced late 19th-century New Zealand painting
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Charlotte Nasmyth (1804–1884), landscape painter, daughter of
Alexander Nasmyth
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Jessie Newbery (1864–1948),
Glasgow School artist and embroiderer
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James Campbell Noble (1846–1913), landscape and marine painter
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Robert Noble, (1857–1917), painter of landscapes, first President of the
Society of Scottish Artists
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Emily Murray Paterson (1855–1934), painter
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James Paterson (1854–1932), landscape and portrait painter associated with The Glasgow Boys movement
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Viola Paterson (1899–1981), painter, wood engraver
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Joseph Noel Paton (1821–1901), painter of religious subjects
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Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935), member of the Scottish Colourist school of painting
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John Pettie (1839–1893), painter
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Sir George Pirie (1863–1946), artist associated with the Glasgow Boys in the 1880s
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John Quinton Pringle (1865–1925), painter influenced by
Jules Bastien-Lepage and associated with the Glasgow Boys
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Annie Pirie Quibell (1862–1927), artist and archaeologist
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Arabella Rankin (1871 – c. 1935) painter and coloured woodcut artist
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Anne Redpath (1895–1967), artist best known for still life works
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Sir George Reid (1841–1913), landscape and portrait painter
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John Robertson Reid (1851–1926), painter
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John Stevenson Rhind (1859–1937), sculptor
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Robert Sivell (1888–1958), painter
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Sir John Robert Steell RSA (1804–1891), sculptor, including the statue of Sir Walter Scott at the
Scott Monument
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David Watson Stevenson (1842–1904), sculptor of portraits and monuments in marble and bronze
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William Grant Stevenson (1849–1919), sculptor and painter
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David Macbeth Sutherland (1883–1973), painter of Scottish and Breton landscapes, and of portraits
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Adam Bruce Thomson (1885–1976),
The Edinburgh School artist, landscape and portrait painter
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Ottilie Maclaren Wallace (1875–1947), sculptor
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Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922), painter of landscapes and portraits
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Cecile Walton (1891–1956), painter, illustrator and sculptor
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George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960), portrait painter and engraver
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James Cromar Watt (1862–1940), artist, architect and jeweller
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Saul Yaffie (1898–1957), Jewish artist later known as Paul Jeffay
Born 1900–1949
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David Annand (born 1948), sculptor
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Gordon Robert Archibald (1905 - 1980), painter
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Eric Auld (1931–2013), painter
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Robert Bain (1911–1973), sculptor and art professor in South Africa
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Edward Baird (1904–1949), painter
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Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), painter
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Mardi Barrie (1930–2004), painter
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John Bellany (1942–2013), painter
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Helen Biggar (1909–1953), sculptor, film-maker and theatre designer
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Douglas Robertson Bisset (1908–2000), sculptor
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Sam Black (1913–1997)
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Robert Henderson Blyth (1919–1970)
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Leonard Boden (1911-1999), portrait painter
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Margaret Boden (1912–2001), painter
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John Boyd (1925–2018), milliner
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Mary Syme Boyd (1910–1997), artist and sculptor
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Jimmy Boyle (born 1944), sculptor, author and convicted murderer
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Mark Boyle (1934–2005)
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Howard Butterworth, painter working in
Aberdeenshire since the 1960s
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John Byrne (born 1940)
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W. Lindsay Cable (1900–1949), illustrator for Punch and Enid Blyton
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Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962), painter and print-maker
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Henry Robertson Craig (1916–1984) landscape and flower painter
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Victoria Crowe (born 1945)
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Richard Demarco (born 1930), artist and promoter of visual and performing arts
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David Abercrombie Donaldson (1916–1996), painter and limner to Her Majesty The Queen
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Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968), sculptor and modeller
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Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006), sculptor and installation artist
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Hannah Frank (1908–2008), artist and sculptor
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Alison Cornwall Geissler MBE, (1907–2011), glass engraver
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Marianne Grant (1921-2007), artist
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Tom Gourdie (1913–2005), artist
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Alasdair Gray (1934–2019), artist and writer
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Thomas Symington Halliday (1902–1998), painter and sculptor
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Alison Kinnaird M.B.E (born 1949), glass artist, musician, teacher and writer
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Hew Lorimer (1907–1993), sculptor and brother of architect
Robert Lorimer
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Edwin G Lucas (1911–1990), painter
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Robert MacBryde (1913–1966), painter and theatre-set designer
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Hamish MacDonald (1935–2008), artist
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Rory McEwen (1932–1982), artist and musician
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George McGavin (1915–2004), painter
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William MacTaggart (1903–1981), landscape painter
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John Maxwell (1905–1962), painter of landscapes and imaginative subjects
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David Michie (1928–2015), painter
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James Morrison (1932–2020), landscape painter
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John Lowrie Morrison (born 1948), expressionist oil painter of Scottish landscapes
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Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998), artist
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Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005), sculptor
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James McIntosh Patrick (1907–1998), painter of landscapes and portraits
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Ronald Rae (born 1946), granite sculptor and artist
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Pat Semple (1939–2021), landscape artist
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Pamela So (1947–2010), multimedia artist and photographer
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Ancell Stronach (1901–1981), artist
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Alan Sutherland (1931–2019), portrait painter
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Alasdair Taylor (1934–2007), sculptor
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Sylvia Wishart (1936–2008),
Orcadian landscape artist
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George Wyllie MBE (1921–2012), sculptor known for public art
Born 1950–1999
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Crawfurd Adamson (born 1953), figurative artist
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Charles Avery (born 1973), artist
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David Batchelor (born 1955)
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Karla Black (born 1972), sculptor nominated for 2011 Turner Prize
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Martin Boyce (born 1967), sculptor
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Hugh Buchanan (born 1958), water-colourist
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Roderick Buchanan (born 1965), artist working in film and photography
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Paul Carter (1970–2006) artist known for constructions
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Stephen Conroy (born 1964)
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Andrew Cranston (born 1969), painter
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Ken Currie (born 1960), English-born member of New Glasgow Boys
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Helen Denerley (born 1956), sculptor often reusing scrap
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Alan Dimmick (born 1956), photographer of the Glasgow art scene.
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Helen Douglas (book artist) (born 1952), book artist
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Kate Downie (born 1958), painter and print-maker
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Erica Eyres (born 1980), Canadian-born artist
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Lizzie Farey (born 1962), willow sculptor and artist
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Michael Fullerton (born 1971), portrait painter based in London
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Anya Gallaccio (born 1963), creator of minimalist installations
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Douglas Gordon (born 1966), winner of 1996 Turner Prize
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Andrew Grassie (born 1966), painter in
tempera
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Claire Harrigan (born 1964), painter
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Peter Howson (born 1958), painter and official war artist
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Richard Johnson (born 1966), Scotland-born and educated war artist
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Anna King (born 1984), painter
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Henry Kondracki (born 1953), painter
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David Mach (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist
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John McKenna (born 1964), public artist, statue and monument creator
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Abigail McLellan (1969–2009), artist
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Susan Philipsz OBE (born 1965), sound installation artist, winner of 2010 Turner Prize
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Andy Scott (born 1964), figurative sculptor
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Lucy Skaer (born 1975), sculptor and painter
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Carol Rhodes (1959–2018), painter
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Evlynn Smith (1962–2003), artist, designer and furniture maker
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Alexander Stoddart (born 1959), neoclassical sculptor
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Thomson & Craighead (Alison Craighead born 1971), works with video and internet
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Jack Vettriano (born 1951), painter
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Alison Watt (born 1965), painter
Born 2000 and after
See also
References
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^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
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^ David Buckman (1998). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd.
ISBN
0 95326 095 X.
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