James Alfred Aitken (1846–1897) was a Scottish landscape painter.

Life

Aitken studied art with Horatio McCulloch, before moving to Dublin.[1] There he attended the Royal Dublin Society's school, and had Henry MacManus as teacher.[2]

In 1872 Aitken moved to Glasgow.[1] He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Glasgow Institute and Royal Hibernian Academy.[3]

The Trossachs, 1881 painting by James Alfred Aitken

Notes

  1. 1 2 H. L. Mallalieu (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. pp. 13–4. ISBN 1-85149-025-6.
  2. ↑ "Library Ireland, James Alfred Aitken, Landscape Painter". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Ulrich Thieme; Felix Becker; Fred C. Willis; Hans Vollmer. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Рипол Классик. p. 156. ISBN 978-5-88290-559-9.
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