The Old Man of Storr
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Glencoe and North Lorn Folk Museum

The Old Man of Storr

William Douglas Macleod (1892–1963)

Glencoe and North Lorn Folk Museum

Painter, printmaker and cartoonist for the Glasgow Evening News in the 1920s, born in Clarkston, Renfrewshire. After initial education at Greenock Academy he attended Glasgow School of Art, 1919–23, under Maurice Greiffenhagen and David Forrester Wilson. He exhibited RSA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and Paris Salon. Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum holds his work. Lived at Lenzie, Dunbartonshire.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

Artworks by William Douglas Macleod

  • The Old Man of Storr
    The Old Man of Storr William Douglas Macleod (1892–1963)
    Glencoe and North Lorn Folk Museum
  • The Visionary, Portrait of James Maxton (1885–1946)
    The Visionary, Portrait of James Maxton (1885–1946) William Douglas Macleod (1892–1963)
    The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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