GEORGE
PIRIE
AN artist whose pictures of animals were for years among the
most promising features of the annual exhibition at the Glasgow Institute of
Fine arts, Mr. Pirie removed some years ago to Sussex, but he must still be
looked on as a Glasgow artist. The particular bent of his art studies was
acquired in Glasgow Cattle Market, where he found vast interest in studying and
sketching the animals brought for sale. He received his education at Glasgow
Academy and Glasgow University, where he graduated M.A. Then he studied painting
at the Slade School, and in Paris under M.M. Boulanger and Lefebre, and Fremiet
the sculptor. After working in Scotland for several years, chiefly at animal
subjects, he went to Texas in 1892. On that side of the Atlantic his work is
represented in the permanent collections at St. Louis and Buffalo. During his
Texan expedition he worked in a new method - painting in oils on paper, with
much success. Among his more important pictures are "Weariness," a study of a
dog in its kennel, and "The Chase," a presentment of a cock in eager pursuit of
a mouse.
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