UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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Robert Wylie, ??-1921

Nationality: Scottish
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Date of Death: 1921.02.19
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Identity:

Robert Whylie was a warehouse man.

Life:

He was admitted in 1886 as an original lay member of Glasgow Art Club, and was among those Glasgow painters and architects who in 1891 appended their names to a list requesting that the Corporation of Glasgow buy JW's Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (YMSM 137) (#12326). His last address was 45 Buchanan Street, Glasgow.

Bibliography:

Records of Glasgow Art Club.