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Dugald Sutherland MacColl

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Dugald Sutherland MacColl

Aliases: D. S. MacColl

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1859-03-10 (Glasgow)
Died
1948-12-21 (London) age 89
Nationality
Scottish, British
Languages
English
Residence History
Glasgow → London

Career

Occupations
watercolour painter, art critic, lecturer, writer, keeper of the Tate Gallery
Active Years
1876-1948
Affiliations
Tate Gallery, Wallace Collection
Memberships
New English Art Club
Influenced
Philip Wilson Steer

Education

University of London
Period: 1876-1884
Year of Graduation: 1884
Country: United Kingdom
University of Oxford
Period: 1876-1884
Year of Graduation: 1884
Country: United Kingdom
Westminster School of Art
Period: 1884-1892
Year of Graduation: 1892
Country: United Kingdom
Studied under Alphonse Legros
Slade School
Period: 1884-1892
Year of Graduation: 1892
Country: United Kingdom
Studied under Alphonse Legros

Awards

James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1945
Work: Philip Wilson Steer
Organization: University of Edinburgh
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Nineteenth Century Art

1902 Art history

Authoritative book on Nineteenth Century Art

Impressionism

Life, work and setting of Philip Wilson Steer

1945 Biography

Biography of painter Philip Wilson Steer

Impressionism

On the Terrace

1922 Watercolour

Watercolour painting from 1922

Bibliography

  • A note on Vermeer of Delft and the picture Christ with Martha & Mary (1901)
  • Nineteenth century art (1902)
  • Catalogue, Turner collection (1920)
  • Wallace collection catalogues: Pictures and drawings (1920)
  • Confessions of a keeper, and other papers (1931)
  • What is art? and other papers (1940)
  • Life, work and setting of Philip Wilson Steer (1945)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
art criticismadvocacy for Impressionism
Recurring Motifs
Impressionismart preservation

Legacy

Major advocate of French Impressionists, keeper of Tate Gallery (1906-1911) and Wallace Collection (1911-1924), influential in British art world. Memorial exhibition at Tate in 1950.

Museums

  • Tate Gallery London Opened in 1950

Archives

  • UK National Archives

In Popular Culture

  • Son was cricketer and journalist René MacColl

Trivia

  • Advocated for Impressionism in Britain.
  • Campaigned for reforms in Chantrey Bequest administration.
  • Unsuccessfully campaigned to preserve Waterloo Bridge.