The Golden Age of Glasgow’s Art Trade: August 1910 – Death of John Craibe Angus, at the Age of 49

The obituary on page six of The Scotsman, on Monday the 29th of August, 1910, reads:

 

THE LATE MR JOHN CRAIBE ANGUS, GLASGOW.—Mr John Craibe Angus, the well-known art dealer,

died at his residence, Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow, on Saturday, at the age of forty-nine. For some time

he had been suffering from heart trouble, which became acute during the last few months. He will be

greatly missed from the life of Glasgow, and particularly from art circles, where he was well known and

popular. He was the son of the late Mr William Craibe Angus, who was an excellent judge of pictures, old

editions of books, and antique furniture, and that reputation was maintained by the son. Together they

carried on business as art dealers, and to their knowledge and enterprise was given a great portion of the

credit of having introduced the Barbazon [sic] school of painting to Glasgow art circles. In this connection it

is interesting to recall that the famous Corot picture, ‘Birdnesting,’ which was sold in London recently for

£15,000, was originally sold to Mr Andrew Maxwell by the firm of Craibe Angus for £400. Like his father,

Mr John Craibe Angus was a familiar figure at all important sales of art collections, where his shrewd judgment

and his experience were greatly respected. He leaves a widow.”

 

 

 

The British Newspaper Archive.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, July 2024.