Frank Laing

[1] Born in Tayport, Fife, Laing lived and worked throughout Europe, producing a portfolio of notable work from Spain, Paris, Chartres, Antwerp and Venice[2] before returning to Scotland.

An elected Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, his etchings were commended by noted American artist and etcher, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who he was a follower of.

[7] Along with Alec Grieve, Laing founded the Tayport Artists’ Circle in 1905.

[8] Its other members included noted Scottish painters David Foggie, Stewart Carmichael and James Douglas.

Laing was active in promoting the cause of local Scottish artists and arts groups before dying at the relatively young age of 45.