William MacTaggart

Sir William MacTaggart, FRSE RA PPRSA (1903–1981) was a Scottish painter known for his landscapes of East Lothian, France, Norway and elsewhere.

In 1927 he joined the Society of Eight whose members included Cadell and Peploe, and two years later held his first solo exhibition.

MacTaggart started teaching at Edinburgh College of Art in 1933 and was president of the Society of Scottish Artists between 1933 and 1936.

In 1948 the Royal Scottish Academy made him an Academician and he later served as their president from 1959 to 1969.

His proposers were Harold R. Fletcher, Stanley Cursiter, Norman Feather and Neil Campbell.

Duet , 1958, Tate Gallery . Two flower studies, painted on separate pieces of millboard and joined together to make a single painting.