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James Lawton Wingate, 1846-1924

Nationality: Scottish
Date of Birth: 1846
Place of Birth: Kelvinhaugh, near Glasgow
Date of Death: 1924.04.22
Place of Death: Edinburgh

Identity:

James Lawton Wingate was a Scottish landscape, animal and figure painter.

Life:

Wingate was a regular exhibitor at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and elsewhere. In 1886 he was elected to the R.S.A. He went on to be elected president from 1919-23.

Bibliography:

Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; Greutzner, A., and Johnson, J., The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1980; McEwan, Peter J. M., Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture, Woodbridge, 1994.