William York Macgregor (1855–1923)

The shipbuilder's son who gathered rebellious Scottish painters in his Glasgow studio and changed British art forever.

ABOUT

William York MacGregor (14 October 1855 – 28 September 1923) was a Scottish landscape painter, and leading figure of the Glasgow Boys. == Life == He was the son of the affluent Glasgow shipbuilder John Macgregor by his second wife, Margaret York. Macgregor studied in Glasgow under Robert Greenlees and James Docharty and at the Slade School under Alphonse Legros. He joined former schoolfriend James Paterson (1854–1932) in 1878 and they co-founded the "Glasgow School" meeting…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Crail 1883 · Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery Fuenterrabia, formerly known as "Spanish Town" 1890 · Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery The Carse of Lecropt 1891 · Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery St Jean de Luz 1894 · Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Canal (River Scene) 1895 · University of Dundee Fine Art Collections The Quarry (sketch) 1896 · City Art Centre

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Alphonse LegrosRealism Jules Bastien-LepageNaturalism James McNeill WhistlerTonalism

Influenced

James PatersonGlasgow Boys John LaveryGlasgow Boys George HenryGlasgow Boys