Alexander Brownlie Docharty
Alexander Brownlie Docharty(1862–1940) was a Scottish painter, mainly inoils.He was the second son of Joseph Docharty and Elizabeth Brownlie. Joseph Docharty was a designer ofcalico prints;Alexander left school at the age of thirteen to join his father. He studied part-time at theGlasgow School of Art,[1]attendingRobert Greenlees' evening classes.
In 1878 Docharty's watercolourOn The Cart- Pollockshawswas exhibited at theRoyal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.TheRoyal Academyaccepted his paintingArran Cottagesfor exhibition in 1882.
In the early 1880s Docharty was a designer for Inglis and Wakefield, a printing firm based at Busby. He left that firm some time before 1885, when he was based atJames Docharty's studio in Bath Street, Glasgow. James was Alexander's uncle.
Docharty moved to Paris in 1894 to study at theAcademie JulienunderBenjamin ConstantandJean-Paul Laurens.He subsequently lived atKilkerran,Ayrshire.[2]HisGlen Fallochwas exhibited in 1906 at the Glasgow Fine Arts Institute.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Halsby, Julian (1990). "Alexander Brownlie Docharty, 1862-1940".Venice, the Artist's Vision: A Guide to British and American Painters.Unicorn.ISBN9780906290354.
- ^"Alexander Brownlie Docharty".Glasgow Museums Collections.Glasgow Museums.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^"The Royal Glasgow Institute Exhibition".The Magazine of Fine Arts.G. Newnes. 1906. p. 52.
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