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Archibald Russell Watson Allan (6 March 1878 - 24 May 1959) was a Scottish painter.

Life
His father was Archibald Russell Watson.

His mother was Margaret Hunter. Archibald and Margaret married in 1872 in Anderston, Glasgow.

Archibald Russell Watson Allan was born on 6 March 1878 in Queen's Drive, Crosshill in Glasgow.

He married Alice Young (c. 1874 - 1941) in 1913 in Partick, Glasgow.

Death
He died on 24 May 1959 at a hospital in Larbert; and was buried on 28 May 1959 at Snowdon Cemetery in Stirling. His usual address prior to hospitalisation was Kilmichael, 20 Randolph Road, Stirling.

The Scotsman obituary of Wednesday 27 May 1959: Obituary - MR A. R. W, ALLAN, R.S.A. Veteran Scottish artist, Mr Archibald R. W. Allan, RSA., who has died at his Stirling home at | the age of 81, was a native of Glasgow. | He made his first studies in art under (John Spiers, the Glasgow portrait | painter, and later studied painting at | the Glasgow Athenaeum School of Art, |and at Julian’s, under Colarossis. | Animal studies were usually a feature (of his work, and one of his canvases, “The Top of the Hill," showing two large plough horses, was bought by the Glasgow Corporation. Other works by him include “The Aeroplane” and “Noon,” which was purchased by Paisley. One of his largest works, “The Rebel,” presenting a team of three horses, is in the Smith Institute, Stirling, having been presented to the town by a donor, Mr Allan was elected A.RS.A. in 1931 and RS.A. in 1937, He was particularly fond of gardening, and another hobby was the study of Scottish Gaelic. He was predeceased by his wife.