Archibald Kay
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Archibald Kay (1860–1935) was a prolific painter of landscapes of the Scottish Highlands.[1] Many of his paintings are held in private hands but also by the national museums and galleries of Scotland.
Early life
Born on 4th September 1860 in Glasgow and showed talent as an artist from an early age. He went to work for Peterson & Co. at the age of 14 but was so driven by his love for art that he joined a local art school before becoming a full time professional artist. Kay studied at the Glasgow College of Art and the Académie Julian in Paris.[2] His tutor at the Glasgow College of Art was Robert Greenless. In 1882 Kay was listed as living at 294 St Vincent Street with his studio in West Regent Street. In 1882 he moved his studio to 120 Mains Street where he remained until 1891.[citation needed]
Early career
To improve his draughtsmanship, Kay went to Paris where he studied under Gustave Boulanger who held a strong dislike of Impressionism; hence Kay was a realist painter. By 1892 he had been admitted into the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW). He married Mary Margaret Thompson, and their son Archibald was born in 1895. In 1911, the census records them as living at 11 Berkeley Terrace. By 1903, Kay was exhibiting works in London and Paris but he also sold to buyers in Germany and Italy. In Venice he sold paintings to the King of Italy and in 1904 he was invited by the Royal Commission to send two paintings to the International Exhibition in St Louis and in 1906 to Christchurch, New Zealand.[citation needed]
For 1904 to 1905 Kay was elected President of the Glasgow Art Club and became a an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1916 and a full member in 1931.[2]
Tragedy
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Kay lived in Kilmahog near Callander for 20 years and the whole area become the palette for his paintings. However it was the greatest irony of Kay's life that the landscapes that gave him such pleasure and shaped his life also took away the life of his son and his cousin George Whitelaw in a drowning accident near the River Leny and Port Appin. In future years, Kay became leader of the Callander Boys' Brigade and designed the community war memorial after The Great War.[3]
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Legacy and death
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Archibald Kay created over 500 paintings during his career, the majority in oil but also numerous watercolours. [4]Kay is listed in The Dictionary of Victorian Painters and other publications. His main area of interest was the Trossachs, where his autumnal scenes of vibrant running water and trees with vivid leaf colours became the hallmark of his works. He also painted a suite of five paintings which focussed on the roadstone quarry at Furnace on the shore of Loch Fyne in Argyll. These paintings immortalise the grand scale and labour of the quarries which provided the stone for the Glasgow tramways
As a widower and late on in life, Archibald Kay married for a second time to Margaret Moir. He died at home at 16 Kensington Gate on 6 September 1935.
References
- ^ "Kay, Archibald, 1860–1935 | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Mackintosh Architecture: Biography". www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ Imperial War Museum War memorials Register (18 May 2022). "Callender/Imperial war Museum War memorials Register". Imperial war Museum Register of war memorials. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Wood, Christopher (1995). Dictionary of British Art Vol. IV Victorian Painters. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors Club Ltd. p. 289. ISBN 1851491716.