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Sir James Guthrie (10 June 1859 – 6 September 1930) was a Scottish painter, associated with the Glasgow Boys. He is best known in his own lifetime for his portraiture, although today more generally regarded as a painter of Scottish Realism.




Early life and education



Guthrie was born in Greenock, the youngest son of the Rev. John Guthrie, a minister of the Evangelical Union church, and Anne Orr. He originally enrolled at Glasgow University to study law, but in 1877 abandoned this in favour of painting. Unlike many of his contemporaries he did not study in Paris, being mostly self-taught, although he was mentored for a short time by James Drummond in Glasgow and then John Pettie in London. In 1879, he moved to London to study painting. during the summer he painted at rural locations, often Rosneath and Helensburgh but mostly at Cockburnspath. Guthrie spent some time with his friend Edward Arthur Walton living in Cheyne Walk in Chelsea




Career


Guthrie lived most of his life in the Scottish Borders, since 1883 in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, where he painted some of his most important works, including A Hind's Daughter (1883), and Schoolmates (1884). He was strongly influenced by the French Realists, especially Jules Bastien-Lepage, and was associated with the Glasgow Boys.
In 1888, he was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, and a full member in 1892.
In November 1902 he was unanimously elected to succeed Sir George Reid as RSA president, and he moved with his family from Glasgow to Edinburgh. In 1903, he was knighted.
A member of Glasgow Art Club Guthrie exhibited often at the club's annual exhibitions.
In 1919, Guthrie was commissioned by South African financier Sir Abraham Bailey, 1st Baronet to paint a group portrait of 17 politicians and statesmen of Britain and its allies who held office during the First World War. The painting, Statesmen of World War I, was completed in 1930, shortly before Guthrie's death. The painting was donated to the National Portrait Gallery, London. Guthrie's 17 preparatory oil studies were donated to Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
In 1920, the King of Belgium conferred Guthrie with the Cross of Commander of the Order of the Crown.
In 1921, he joined the newly-formed Society of Graphic Art, and exhibited with them in 1921.




Personal life and death


In the late 1880s Guthrie met Helen Newton Whitelaw, a wealthy widow at her family home, Rowmore, in Rhu, Dunbartonshire. They married in 1897 and in 1899 their son Thomas Whitelaw Boyd Guthrie was born in Chelsea, London. On October 20, 1912 she died of cancer at the age of 52.
Guthrie died in the house of his retiral in 1930.
His grave in Rhu was designed by the architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson.




Work



By 1885, Guthrie was a reputable portrait painter and in later life he virtually abandoned other subjects.
He was commissioned by many of the rich and famous of his day to paint their portraits. The list is quite impressive:

Herbert Henry Asquith (portrait and sketch study) Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
Arthur James Balfour (two portraits) Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1905–08
George Nicoll Barnes statesman, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
Sir Charles Barrie (1840–1912) Lord Provost of Dundee 1902-5, Dundee Art Gallery
Thomas Berwick (1753–1828) (based on an early portrait)
Sir Robert Laird Borden prime minister of Canada, Scottish National Portrait Gallery archive
Gen. Louis Botha Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Sir John James Burnet
James Caldwell, county clerk of Renfrewshire, Paisley Art Gallery
James Coats, mill-owner of Coats Thread fame, Paisley Art Gallery
Sir Joseph Cook prime minister of Australia
Sir Winston Churchill
Marcus Dods (theologian) (1834–1909) Edinburgh University Fine Art Collection
Rev. Dr. Andrew Gardiner
Sir Frederick C. Gardiner (1855–1937), Glasgow Galleries archive
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
David Lloyd George, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
Sir John Gilmour (1876–1940)
Edward Grey (1862–1933) Britain's Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916
Dr. Errol Guthrie (his nephew who was killed in World War One), Aberdeen Art Gallery
Field Marshal Haig (hanging in Dundas House), commissioned for his directorship of the Commercial Bank in 1923.
William Morris Hughes
Prof. William Jack (1834–1924), Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow University, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow.
Bonar Law (two portraits) one in the Palace of Westminster, one in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
Lt Arthur Leslie Hamilton of the Highland Light Infantry d.1918, Glasgow Galleries archive
William Ferguson Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Sir Alfred Milner Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
Edward Patrick Morris Prime Minister of Newfoundland
Bailie Alexander Osborne
Sir George Paul (1839–1926) Deputy Keeper of the Signet Library, Edinburgh
Sir Robert William Philip
Sir Ganga Singh Scottish National Portrait Gallery (archive)
Sir John Shearer
Sir William Turner
Archibald Stodart Walker
Rev. Alexander Whyte (1836–1921) Principal of New College, Edinburgh, Scottish National Portrait Gallery archive
James Younger (1856–1946)
George Lennox Watson
Schoolmates (1884), MSK Ghent, Belgium




References






Further reading


Walker, A. Stodhart. Sir James Guthrie FRSA, Studio International, Vol. 54, (London, Cory, Adams & Mackay etc. 1893) pp. 18–26.
Martin, David. The Glasgow School of Painting (P. Harris, 1976) p. 18 ff.
Billcliffe, Roger. The Glasgow Boys (Frances Lincoln ltd, 2008).




External links



85 artworks by or after James Guthrie at the Art UK site
National Gallery of Scotland: Sir James Guthrie
National Portrait Gallery: Sir James Guthrie
Gazetteer for Scotland: Sir James Guthrie
ArtCyclopedia Sir James Guthrie
"In the artist's footsteps" The Stonebreaker Archived 14 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine includes biographical details
A Highland Funeral (Oil on canvas, 1882)
The Wash (1882–83)

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