1. William McTaggart was a Scottish landscape and marine painter who was influenced by Impressionism.
11 Facts About William McTaggart
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The son of a crofter, William McTaggart was born in the small village of Aros, near Campbeltown, in Kintyre a western peninsula of Scotland.
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William McTaggart moved to Edinburgh at the age of 16 and studied at the Trustees' Academy under Robert Scott Lauder.
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William McTaggart won several prizes as a student and exhibited his work in the Royal Scottish Academy, becoming a full member of the Academy in 1870.
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William McTaggart adopted the Impressionist practice of painting out of doors, and his use of colour and bold brushwork resemble qualities found in paintings by Constable and Turner, both artists whom he admired.
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William McTaggart was skilled in the use of both oil and watercolour and, in addition to Kintyre seascapes, he painted landscapes and seascapes in Midlothian and East Lothian.
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William McTaggart is regarded as one of the great interpreters of the Scottish landscape and is often labelled the "Scottish Impressionist".
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William McTaggart married Marjory Henderson, the daughter of another painter, Joseph Henderson RSW, Joseph's sons John Henderson and Joseph Morris Henderson being painters.
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William McTaggart painted a striking portrait of his father-in-law, Joseph Henderson, which hangs in the Glasgow Museum.
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William McTaggart is buried in Newington Cemetery in Edinburgh just south of the main roundel on a corner between paths.
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William McTaggart's paper are held by the Bonnyrigg and Lasswade Local History Society.