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Description: | Aberdeen University's post 1860's portrait collection contains examples from some of Scotland's most celebrated painters. George Reid (1841 - 1913) was born in Aberdeen, where he trained for a career as a lithographer. Reid then studied at: Edinburgh School of Art, Utrecht under Mollinger as an apprentice and then in Paris. In 1870 he became an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and president in 1891 - 1902. It was at this time Reid received his Knighthood. The university collection holds 23 pieces of work by George Reid, mainly of Alumni, some of which were donated by Reid himself. Another prominent figure in Scottish Art who can also be seen in the collection is John Watson Gordon (1788 - 1864). Born in Edinburgh, he trained with Henry Raeburn, on Raeburn's death Gordon became Scotland's leading portrait painter. The university holds one of Gordon's pieces, a portrait of John Cruickshank. This portrait was acquired by Cruickshank's former students. The collection also holds examples of work from: John Bulloch Souter (1890 - 1972), John M Aitken (1880 - 1961) and Alexander Fraser (1940 - ).
Super collection: Marischal Museum.
Objects: painting. | Subjects: | Portrait. Figures (representations) | Temporal: | 1860 - | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDUA:CLD40 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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