William York Macgregor
{{Short description|Scottish landscape painter (1855–1923)}}
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| birth_date = 14 October 1855
| birth_place = Finnart House, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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| death_date = 28 September 1923
| death_place = Oban, Argyll, Scotland
| resting_place = Bridge of Allan, Stirling, Scotland
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| alma_mater = Slade School of Fine Art
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| known_for = Pioneering the Glasgow School
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| mother = Margaret York
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William York MacGregor (14 October 1855 – 28 September 1923) was a Scottish landscape painter, and leading figure of the Glasgow Boys.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/william-york-macgregor|title=William York Macgregor | National Galleries of Scotland|website=nationalgalleries.org|accessdate=2018-03-18}}
Life
File:William York Macgregor - The Vegetable Stall - NG 1915 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg
He was the son of the affluent Glasgow shipbuilder John Macgregor by his second wife, Margaret York.{{cite web|url=http://www.gregormacgregor.com/MacGregor/William1855.htm|website=gregormacgregor.com|title=William York MACGREGOR|accessdate=2018-03-18}}
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 at his studio; 134 Bath Street in central Glasgow.
He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1875 (Associate R.S.A. 1898; R.S.A. 1921) and twice at the Royal Academy, was a member of the R.S.W.S. 1885–1906 and the New English Art Club in 1892. Macgregor travelled widely on the Continent 1886–90. A member of Glasgow Art Club, work by Macgregor was included in the club's Memorial Exhibition in April 1935, in memory of those of its members who had died since the First World War.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19350409&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Glasgow Herald article 9 April 1935 ‘’Glasgow Art Club – Memorial Exhibition Opened’’] Retrieved 2011-08-17.
He lived his final years at Albyn Lodge in Bridge of Allan.Grave of W Y Macgregor, Logie Kirkyard Macgregor died in Oban on 28 September 1923, and is buried in Old Logie Kirkyard east of Bridge of Allan.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst921.html|website=scottish-places.info|title=William York MacGregor: Overview of William York MacGregor|accessdate=2018-03-18}} The graveyard lies a few hundred metres north of the modern Logie Cemetery.
File:The grave of William York MacGregor, Old Logie Kirkyard.jpg
Family
He was married to Jessie Watson (died 1941).
References
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External links
- {{Art UK bio}}
- [http://www.gregormacgregor.com/MacGregor/William1855.htm W Y MacGrogor]
- [http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst921.html W Y MacGregor] (Gazetteer for Scotland).
- [https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-york-macgregor-362 William York Macgregor] (Tate Gallery)
- [https://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=advanced;_t1102=macgregor,%20william%20york;dtype=d William York MacGregor] (Glasgow Museums)
- [https://www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk/support-us/legacy-giving/crail-william-york-macgregor-1855-1923/ William York MacGregor, Crail] (Smith Art Gallery and Museum)
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Category:19th-century Scottish painters
Category:Scottish male painters
Category:20th-century Scottish painters
Category:Scottish landscape artists
Category:19th-century Scottish male artists