Alexander Jamieson Art

Alexander Jamieson was a painter of landscapes, chiefly views of French towns and gardens and occasional portraits and genre. He studied at the Haldane Academy, Glasgow, and won a scholarship to Paris in 1898. He was influenced by Manet and the plein-air painters as well as Constable. Jamieson was a member of the International Society in 1904. He was on the Managing Committee of the A.A.A. in 1908. He executed wall decorations at Bridgewater House in 1910 and visited Spain in 1911. Jamieson had his first one-man exhibition at the Carfax Gallery in 1912. He served in France from 1914–19. Jamieson exhibited at Glasgow, the Goupil Gallery, and from 1928 at the R.A. He lived at Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire. He died in London on May 2nd, 1937.