Etcher and painter. Born at Newmill, Foveran, near Newburgh, Scotland. Self taught artist, he printed his early etchings using a mangle. He was an artist at the western front in World War I, and was appointed official war artist to the Palestine Expeditionary Force. After marrying the artist Marguerite Huntsberry, they moved to New York and he became an American citizen. Died at his home El Foolk, Tangier, Morocco.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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James McBey
Water colour painter. Born Stoke-on-Trent. Came to London to study painting. Died at home, 40 Upper Gower Street.
Painter. Born Chatham in Kent. Died in a lunatic asylum at Broadmoor, outside London of "an extensive disease of the lungs".
Group which produces street artwork in various formats.
From their website: "We add value to the built environment. We create alliances & build bridges. We put new places on the cultural map. We create distinct, memorable, marketable identity.
Sculptor, painter, architect and poet.
Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Poetry, Sculpture, Seriously Famous, Italy
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