[2] In 1937, he took part in the Glasgow Empire Exhibition, where he contributed a mural to Basil Spense's Imperial Chemical Industries [ICI] pavilion.
He was noted for his work as a portraitist, among his notable subjects were the Scottish writers Hugh MacDiarmid and Compton Mackenzie.
[5] In 2013, following a Heritage Lottery-funded restoration, one of the panels of the Alice in Wonderland mural at Wardie school was the subject of a Police Scotland investigation, after a parent complained over the purportedly racist content of this image.
A spokeswoman for Edinburgh City Council was quoted in an article in the Guardian, saying: "The mural is of both historical and artistic importance.
Wardie school now plan on using the golliwog illustration as an addition to their teaching packs from Show Racism the Red Card.