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James Guthrie

Identity:

James Guthrie was a Scottish landscape and portrait painter.

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He was the youngest child of the Rev. John Guthrie, D.D., Evangelical minister of the Evangelical Union church, by his wife, Ann, daughter of Thomas Orr. He married Helen Newton Whitelaw (d. 1912) in 1897 and they had one son.

Life:

Guthrie studied law at Glasgow University but left without a degree to pursue a career in art in 1877.

He moved to London in 1879, working with other Scots like John Pettie. From 1879 he painted with other Scottish artists during the summer at rural locations, including Brig O'Turk and Cockburnspath.

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His dramatic social realist painting, A Funeral Service in the Highlands (1881-2, Glasgow Museums and Art Gallery) made a great impact at the Royal Academy in 1882. His work was also influenced by Bastien-Lepage after a trip to Paris in 1882.

By 1883 he was a central figure of the group known as 'The Glasgow Boys', which included Joseph Crawhall, George Henry and E