Sir David Murray (painter)
- Sir David Murray (painter)
Sir David Murray RA (born Glasgow, Scotland, 29th January 1849, died Marylebone, England, 14th November 1933) was a well known Scottish landscape painter. He was the son of a shoemaker, James Murray. He worked for eleven years for a mercantile firm, while studying in the evenings at the Glasgow School of Art finally devoting himself full time to an artistic career from about 1875. He became an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1881, an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1891, and a full member of the Royal Academy in 1905. In his early years he painted in Scotland but after moved to London and in 1883 he broadened his horizons and travelled to the continent. A portrait of Sir David Murray by the Scottish painter James Coutts Michie is held by the Aberdeen Art Gallery. David Murray was knighted in 1918.
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