Wood, James

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Wood, James

James Wood was born on 28th April 1886, possibly the son of Jane and James Wood - a house painter in Paisley. He was a day student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1912 to 1916, and then as an evening student for session 1918/1919, studying Drawing and Painting throughout this period. Wood listed his occupation first as House (or Ship) Painter, and later as "Canister Decorator", and recorded his address as Ivy Buildings (Loundsdale Road) in Paisley. During his last year at The Glasgow School of Art, his address was 149 St. Vincent Street (Glasgow), the same address of fellow art student Edwin Hoyle at that time.

During session 1914/15, Wood obtained the Diploma in Drawing and Painting from The Glasgow School of Art. The same session he became the recipient of a £50 Post-Diploma Maintenance Bursary to continue his studies, and a £12 grant from the Secondary Education Committee of Renfrew County. Wood was also awarded the Winsor & Newton Prize for Painting, consisting of one colour box of oil or watercolour at choice. By 1917, Wood had also qualified as an Art Teacher. The same year he exhibited the painting "Midsummer Moon" at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, where he would exhibit three more paintings. During the 1920s, Wood lived in Hibernia Street, Greenock and by the end of the decade he had moved to Englewood, Kilmacolm. He continued to exhibit his work during this period, exhibiting three paintings at the Aberdeen Artists' Society and four at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. In 1930 Wood's last painting exhibited at the RSA, "Ben Lomond in spring", was described as "charming" in an article by The Spectator on 30th May 1930 reviewing the 104th exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy.

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Sources:

• Ancestry website (www.ancestry.co.uk)
• Baile de Laperriere, Charles (Ed.) (1991). The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826 – 1990: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Annual Exhibitions of The Royal Scottish Academy Volume IV: R-Z. . (p. 461) Calne, Wiltshire: Hilmarton Manor Press.
• Billcliffe, Roger. (1992). The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts: 1861-1989. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Volume 4: Q-Z. (p. 342) Bearsden, Glasgow: The Woodend Press McEwan, Peter J.M. (1994) Dictionary of Scottish Art & Architecture (p. 617).Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd.
• The Spectator (1930, 30th May). 30 MAY 1930, Page 14 – Art. Retrieved from http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/31st-may-1930/14/art

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