John MacWhirter

John MacWhirter RA (27 March 1839 in Slateford, Edinburgh - 28 January 1911 in London)[1] was a Scottish landscape painter.

Exploring and painting abroad he visited Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Norway and the U.S.A. - the Alps being a great inspiration.

MacWhirter specialised in romantic landscapes with a great fondness for trees, spending much time in the hilly countryside of Perthshire.

Initially, under the influence of John Everett Millais, he experimented with the detailed images of the Pre-Raphaelites, but later adopted a more sweeping style.

The couple lived at 1 Abbey Road, St. John's Wood in the 1870s, and had two daughters and two sons: MacWhirter has paintings in several British Collections including Royal Holloway University of London, Cheltenham and Derby Art Gallery.

Photographic portrait of John MacWhirter (between circa 1889 and circa 1891)
The Gates of the Forest , 1910 ( Royal Academy )
MacWhirter by J. P. Mayall from “ Artists at Home ,” published 1884 , Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC