James Whitelaw Hamilton

James Whitelaw Hamilton (1860–1932) RSA, RSW was a Scottish artist, member of the Glasgow School (the Glasgow Boys), of the Royal Scottish Academy[1] (RSA) and of the New English Art Club.

Hamilton was born in Glasgow, where he studied before moving to Paris, where he became a pupil of Aimé Morot and of Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret.

[2] Returning to Scotland in 1884, he spent time at Cockburnspath with other future Glasgow Boys James Guthrie, Joseph Crawhall and Arthur Melville.

He also showed regularly with the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, of which he was honorary secretary for many years.

In 1900 the art dealer Alexander Reid organised a one-man-show for Hamilton at his gallery at 124 St Vincent Street in central Glasgow.

James Whitelaw Hamilton Cattle Grazing in a Meadow
Cattle Grazing in a Meadow , c1910
James Whitelaw Hamilton – Ebbing Tide – Google Art Project
Oil on canvas
James Whitelaw Hamilton- Lighthouse at Eyemouth Harbor- Circa 1880–1910
Oil on canvas