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William George Scoular | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 November 1904 |
| Died | 9 March 1961 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
William George Scoular (8 November 1904 - 9 March 1961) was a Scottish painter.[1]
Life
[edit]His father was Arthur Scoular (born 3 July 1866), a foreman engineer, originally of Kilmarnock, but moved to Liberton, Midlothian. He was the son of George Scoular, a carpet weaver and Barbara Miller.[2][3]
His mother was Janet Halliday (born c. 1868). Arthur and Janet married on 13 December 1894 in Kilmarnock.
William George Scoular was born on 8 November 1904 at 9 Blackwood Crescent in Newington, Edinburgh. His elder brother Arthur Scoular was born in 1898 in Kilmarnock.
He married Margaret Marion Nicols Bayne (c. 1898 - 24 March 1961), daughter of William Bayne, West Third, Auchterarder.[4] They married at the Barony Church in Auchterarder on 8 July 1954.[5]
Art
[edit]1926 Edinburgh College of Art student exhibition[6]
1937 art lecture Crieff[7]
1951 County Art Supervisor (Perthshire), former art master of Morrison's Academy, Crieff.[8]
He joined the 1922 Group in 1930.
Death
[edit]He died on 9 March 1961 at the Bridge of Earn hospital.
Obit[9]
He was cremated on 13 March 1961 in Edinburgh.[10]
Works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19540710/282/0012
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/79996223/person/132229744928/facts
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002713/19610401/033/0003
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19540710/282/0012
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19261125/382/0007
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002713/19370206/006/0001
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000458/19510210/010/0010
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002713/19610318/052/0002
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/70845/records/1942941
Category:1904 births
Category:1961 deaths
Category:Scottish male painters