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John Blair (1850 - 13 October 1934) was a Scottish painter.

Life
His father was Alexander Nisbet Blair (c. 1815 - 6 August 1900) from Ladykirk in the Scottish Borders, a labourer.

His mother was Elizabeth Allan (14 July 1810 - 31 December 1870) from Hutton in the Scottish Borders. Alexander and Elizabeth married on 1 January 1844 in Hutton.

John Blair was born in 1850 in Hutton.

20 Hanover Street 1898-1904

He married Margaret Hume (18 July 1859 - 6 April 1945) from Whitsome in the Scottish Borders. They married in Newington, Edinburgh in 1899.

Death
He died on 13 October 1934 at his home in 121 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh.

He is buried in Liberton Cemetery in Edinburgh.

The value of his estate was £3418, 4 shillings and 6 pence.

From The Scotsman of Monday 15 October 1934: SCOTTISH ARTIST The Late John Blair. The death has taken place of Mr John Blair, who was widely known as a landscape artist. A native of Berwickshire, in his early years he migrated to Edinburgh to prosecute his studies in art. This he did at the School of Art under Hodder, and he was successful as a student in bearing off many prizes and distinctions, securing one year the gold medal for painting. His watercolours, well known to connoisseurs all over the country, depicting often the quaint picturesqueness of fishing villages, met wide appreciation. Unaffected by the modernist tendency in art, Mr Blair seemed to be influenced by the best traditions of the English school of watercolour, meticulous attention to detail being happily combined with achievement of the main theme, whether in massing or composition. Many of his works have been reproduced in colour. He is survived by his widow.