William Simson (1800-47) Exhibits in 1821, in the Glasgow Institution for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the West of Scotland
- General
William Simson exhibited four works in the 1821 exhibition:
No. 33 Itinerant Piper
No. 172 Landscape, with Cattle
No. 173 Scene at Newhaven
No. 176 Fisherrow Harbour
The artist’s address is listed in the catalogue: Edinburgh
- Date
1821
- Glasgow Trained
- Glasgow Based
- Artists from other cities, exhibiting in Glasgow
William Simson. Born in Dundee, Simson trained under Andrew Wilson (c. 1775-1848) at the Trustees’ Academy in Edinburgh, and was a versatile painter of landscapes and coastal scenes.
- Exhibitions
Glasgow Institution for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the West of Scotland, 1821.
- Venues
Mr. Finlay’s Gallery, 2 South Maxwell Street, Glasgow.
- Publications
Glasgow Institution for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the West of Scotland, 1821 Exhibition Catalogue.
- Newspaper and magazine references