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Stuart Johnston (1891-1938) Glasgow Etchings Artist

Born in Cupar, Fife, Stuart Johnston moved to Glasgow with his eight siblings and widowed mother on the death of his father shortly before the turn of the century. His father had been employed as a property purchaser in Cupar. The family lived as a close unit on Granville Street just off Georges Road. Having completed his formal education, he initially took employment as an accounting clerk in a potato merchant's business, but later became a trader in African goods and travelled accordingly. His artistic skills included painting on canvas, although he is better known for his etchings, some of which appear periodically in Scottish salerooms. It is believed that he was subsequently employed as an illustrator by one of the major Glasgow newspapers. He married Margaret Livingstone in 1918 and had three children: Adam Peter in1919, John Craig in 1922 and Pamela Joy in1926. His most significant etchings were completed in the 1930's and included the following titles: Killermont Golf Club; Temple of Ceres; Spoutmouth and Old Houses, Fenwick; Temple of Aesculapiupus; Scots Pines by a Lochside; Sombrero River, Degema and Canal at Maryhill. In the 1930's Johnston and his family moved to an address on St Vincent Crescent, Kelvinside.

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