Hugh Cameron (artist)
Hugh Cameron
Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy from 1871.[1]
Life
He was born in
Trustees Academy. He showed a flair for art and took additional classes under Robert Scott Lauder.[2]
In 1878 he co-founded the Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.[3] In 1880 he was sharing a house and studio at 12 Queen Street, Edinburgh with George Hay RSA.[4] This is an outstanding and prestigious property.
In 1900 he was living at 8 Merchiston Place.[5] In 1910 he was living at 45 George Square, Edinburgh, a close neighbour to Percy Portsmouth.[6]
He died at the home of his married daughter, Isabella Armstrong Archibald, on Spottiswoode Street in Edinburgh on 15 July 1918 and is buried in
Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh.[7]
Family
In 1877 he was married to Jessie Thomson Anderson (1846-1905) of Glasgow widow of Alexander Allan. His son Hugh S Cameron was also an artist.
Known works
- Going to the Hay (1858)
- Holding the Skein (1883)[8]
- The Go-Cart(1885)
- The spinning Lesson (1885)
- Old Man and Boy with Harp (1890)
- The Highlander's Farewell
References
- ^ "Hugh Cameron - Old Man and Boy with Harp".
- ^ "Hugh Cameron".
- ^ "Hugh Cameron".
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office directory 1880
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1900
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910
- ^ "Hugh Cameron (1835-1918) - Find a Grave Memorial".
- ^ "Lot 28 - HUGH CAMERON R.S.A., R.S.W., R.O.I. (SCOTTISH".
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