George Fiddes Watt (15 February 1873 – 22 November 1960) was a Scottish portrait painter and engraver.
George Fiddes Watt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 February 1873 |
| Died | 22 November 1960 Aberdeen |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | Gray's School of Art Royal Scottish Academy |
| Known for | Portrait painting, engraving |
| Notable work | H.H. Asquith, A.J. Balfour... |
| Elected | Royal Society of Arts |
Biography
editWatt studied art at Gray's School of Art, Edinburgh and the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.[1] He was elected to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 1924 and received an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Aberdeen in 1955.[1][2]
Watt was sculpted by Henry Snell Gamley in 1912, Watt's son Albert having been sculpted by Gamley four years previously.[3] A bronze statue of Watt by Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones, made in 1942, is in Aberdeen.[4]
Works
editWatt's large output includes paintings of many famous people of his time in Britain.[2] An exception among the many portraits is a landscape, J. P. Inverarity Mauled by a Lioness, Somaliland .[5]
Portraits
edit- Lawyers
- Viscount Haldane (Lincoln's Inn)[1]
- Viscount Reading (Middle Temple)[1]
- Alexander Low, Lord Low (The Laws) [6]
- Divines
- Scientists
- Politicians
- H.H. Asquith[2]
- A.J. Balfour (National Portrait Gallery)[2][7]
- Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon[8]
- Sir William Slater Brown, Lord Provost of Edinburgh[9]
- Academics
Mezzotint engravings
editCollections and exhibitions
editWatt's work was exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1906 to 1930. His portrait of his mother is in the Tate Gallery's collection.[1]
Family
editHis third son, Alexander Stuart Watt (1909–1967) was a journalist based in Paris. Alastair Fiddes Watt (b. 1954) is also a landscape painter.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "George Fiddes Watt". Tate Gallery. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Family of Alastair Fiddes Watt: George Fiddes Watt RSA RP LLD". Wattart.com. 2001–2007. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1210158597
- ^ "George Fiddes Watt, 1942". Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ Watt, George Fiddes (1901). "J. P. Inverarity Mauled by a Lioness, Somaliland". Art UK. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, Second Supplement, volume 2. p. 481. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ Walker, Sir Emery, after (George) Fiddes Watt. "(George) Fiddes Watt, Portrait Painter". Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, photogravure. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Watt, George Fiddes. "Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Falloden (1862–1933) Foreign Secretary". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "William Slater Brown, Lord Provost (1909–1912) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Thomas Martin Lindsay, portrait by George Fiddes Watt at bbc.co.uk/arts/, accessed 19 June 2013
- ^ Macbeth-Raeburn, Henry (artist); Watt, George Fiddes (engraver) (1917). "Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay (1842–1929), Lord Chancellor". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
Bibliography
edit- Chamot, Mary; Farr, Dennis; Butlin, Martin. The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II.
- Sutherland, D.M. (2004–2011). "Fiddes Watt, Index no 101036779". Watt, (George) Fiddes (1873–1960), portrait painter. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 6 October 2012.