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Alexander Watson Mack was born in Pumpherston, West Lothian on 16th June 1894 to Jessie Forsyth Mack and Hugh Crossan Mack. He attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1915 to 1916 as a day student of drawing and painting. Mack's term-time address was listed as Duke Drive, Parkhead, and his home address was Station Road, Uphall Station, Linlithgow. Mack's occupation was listed as turner. His older brother Hugh died at Thiepval on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1st July 1916), while serving as a Sergeant in the Highland Light Infantry. According to the Bosque Crossing Gallery, Mack was a painter, sculptor, muralist and teacher. As well as GSA, he studied at the Edinburgh School of Art and the Royal Academy in London. Mack moved to the USA in 1925 and taught art in various places in Texas. Mack exhibited his work in London, Glasgow, Dublin, Chicago and several places in Texas: Canyon, San Antonio, Lubbock, and Fort Worth. Mack returned to Europe during the Second World War and was wounded twice. According to Incoming Passenger Lists on Ancestry, Mack returned to the USA in 1946, residing in Canyon, Texas. Mack and his wife, Mattie, arrived in Liverpool from Montreal on the ship Carinthia in July 1959 for a stay in the UK of six weeks. They were to reside on Pumpherston Road, Broxburn, West Lothian. For another visit in 1956, they stayed in London, and were in the UK for three months. Mack's wife, Dr Mattie Swayne Mack, was a Professor of English in Canyon, Texas, from 1922 to 1968. According to "Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe", Mattie was a student of Georgia O'Keeffe's in 1916, and O'Keeffe had a lasting impression on her. Alexander and Mattie died in 1988 and 1986, respectively, and are both buried in Paducah, Texas.
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Sources: Bosque Crossing Gallery: http://www.bosquecrossinggallery.com/alexander_watson_mack_bio.htm; Laurie Lisle's "Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe", referenced on http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13670904; Art in Cornette Library at West Texas A&M University, http://www.wtamu.edu/library/administration/cornetteart.shtml; and Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.co.uk.
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