UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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Arthur Kay, 1860-1939

Nationality: Scottish
Date of Birth: 1860
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Date of Death: 1939
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Identity:

Arthur Kay was a collector and businessman. He married the sister of the artist D. Y. Cameron.

Life:

He was a Glasgow collector, especially of Dutch art. A business partner of the textile manufacturer and collector T. G. Arthur, he may have known JW in the mid 1890s.

Bibliography:

Williams, Julia Lloyd, Smout, T. C. et al, Dutch Art and Scotland : A Reflection of Taste, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1992.