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John Smart RSA RSW (16 October 1838 – 1 June 1899) was a Scottish landscape painter, painting in both oils and watercolour.[1] He was a keen golfer and is perhaps best known for his early paintings of golf courses in Scotland such as "The Golf Greens of Scotland".

Gravestone of John Smart at Warriston Cemetery
Gravestone of John Smart at Warriston Cemetery

Life


John Smart was born at 13 Annandale Street[2] off Leith Walk, the son of Emily Margaret Morton and Robert Campbell Smart (d.1871), an engraver operating from 20 Elm Row.[3][4]

He was educated at Leith High School, and then studied art at the School of Manufacturers, with the intention of becoming an engraver like his father. After showing talent for landscape painting, he instead became a pupil of Horatio McCulloch. He was one of the founder members of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and he was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1877 after first being elected an associate in 1871.

Smart's paintings depicted scenery from across the lowlands and highlands of Scotland. The critic James Caw said of Smart's landscape paintings, "If coarse in handling and wanting in subtlety of feeling, they are simple and effective in design, vivid in effect and powerful in execution, and breathe an ardent passion for the landscape of his native land."

Both his house and studio were at 13 Brunswick Street in Edinburgh's east end.[5] The distinctive terraced townhouse was designed by William Henry Playfair in 1824.[6]

He is buried with his wife, Agnes Purdie Main, in Warriston Cemetery on the north side of the central roundel.


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References


  1. H. L. Mallalieu (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 312. ISBN 1-85149-025-6.
  2. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1838
  3. "Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. "Small-Sommerville - Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI)". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1889-90
  6. Buildings of Scotland; Edinburgh by Gifford, McWilliam and Walker



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