David Macbeth Sutherland
| D. M. Sutherland | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Macbeth Sutherland 1883 Wick, Caithness |
| Died |
20 September 1973 Plockton |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | |
| Known for | Painting, teaching |
David Macbeth Sutherland MC LLD RSA (1883-20 September 1973) was a Scottish artist mainly known for his landscapes and portraits paintings and for his long tenure as the Director of Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.[1]
Biography
Sutherland was born in Wick, Caithness in 1883 and began to study law but moved to Edinburgh to work as an apprentice in a lithographic business.[2] He left that post to study at the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), under Charles Mackie, and at the Edinburgh College of Art. Sutherland was awarded the RSA Carnegie Travelling Scholarship in 1911 and travelled to Spain, France and the Netherlands. A year later he joined with Alick Riddell Sturrock,[3] John Guthrie Spence Smith,[4] William Mervyn Glass,[5] Eric Robertson,[6] William Oliphant Hutchison and later Adam Bruce Thomson to form the Edinburgh Group of young Scottish artists sharing a studio at 21 Picardy Place, Edinburgh. During World War I he was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the 16th Royal Scots McCrae's Battalion.[7] He returned to the Edinburgh College of Art, and with Mary Newbery[8] and Dorothy Johnstone ARSA (1892-1980),[9][10][11] helped to revive the Edinburgh group. He taught the gifted students William George Gillies and William McTaggart. In 1924 Sutherland and Dorothy Johnstone were married and they had a daughter, Anne, and a son, Sir Iain Johnstone Sutherland who had a distinguished career as a British diplomat and was an Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1982 and 1985.[12] [13] David Sutherland left Edinburgh in 1933 to take up the Directorship of Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, now part of Robert Gordon's University. During World War II he was appointed an Official War Artist recording Newfoundland lumberjacks on Deeside.[14] He was Inspector of Arts in the Highland Division and painted the landscapes of the North West coast of Scotland including Caithness, Wester Ross, Plockton and Aberdeenshire. The Sutherlands retired to east Aberdeenshire in 1948. David Sutherland is mainly known for his Scottish and Breton landscapes and portraits[15] with many on display at the Aberdeen Art Gallery.[16] He died in Plockton on 20 September 1973.
References
- ↑ "Images for Scottish Art". Royal Scottish Academy. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1 84195 150 1.
- ↑ "Your Paintings - Uncovering the Nation's Art Collection (BBC) - Alick Riddell Sturrock". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ John Guthrie Spence Smith
- ↑ "William Mervyn Glass at the Scottish Gallery". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Eric Robertson at Bourne Fine Art". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ McCrae's Battalion: The Story of the 16th Royal Scots by Jack Alexander, Mainstream Publishing 2003 ISBN 1840189320 ISBN 978-1840189322
- ↑ "Drawing of Mary Newbery by Eric Harald Macbeth Robertson". Retrieved 19 February 2015.Retrieved 19 Feb 2015
- ↑ http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/j/dorothyjohnstone.html Retrieved 20 February 2015
- ↑ http://www.fletchergateartgallery.com/artist.php?artist=112 Retrieved 7 February 2015
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/dorothy-johnstone Retrieved 7 February 2015
- ↑ "Iain Sutherland Obituary". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "Iain Sutherland - former envoy to Russia dies". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ A Chasm in Time - Scottish War Art and Artists in the Twentieth Century, by Patricia R. Andrew, Birlinn Ltd., 2014. ISBN 978-1780271903
- ↑ "In the Artists Footsteps - David Macbeth Sutherland". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "David Macbeth Sutherland at Aberdeen Art Gallery". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
External links
- Paintings by David Macbeth Sutherland at the Art UK site