William Kennedy

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1859–1918

William Kennedy was a Scottish painter associated with the Glasgow School. == Biography == William Kennedy was born in Hutchesontown, Glasgow on 17 July 1859, and attended the Paisley School of Art. In the early 1880s he moved to Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian and studied with artists such as Jules Bastien-Lepage, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Raphaël Collin, Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois, and Tony Robert-Fleury. He established a studio in Stirling and painted rural landscapes, as well as boldly-colored depictions of Highland soldiers at Stirling Castle. Kennedy became a prominent member of a group of artists known as the Glasgow Boys.

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