CRANSTOUN - James Hall Cranstoun (1821-1907)
Last updated | 28/09/2010
Son of a naval surgeon who ran his own Academy in Perth
born Edinburgh 1821
died Perth 8 June 1907
SOME THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JAMES
James was the son of Thomas Cranstoun a naval surgeon and
his wife Jean Dalrymple
James moved to Perth about 1849
James was appointed visiting Art Master at Glenalmond College near
Perth in 1855/6
James held the post at Glenalmond for seventeen and a
half years making over 1,000 journeys from home in that
time
James was a lifelong friend of Sir William Quiller Orchardson who
painted members of Cranstoun's family
James had a sister Jane Cranstoun and a brother Charles Dalrymple
Cranstoun who also lived in Perth
James ran a private Drawing Academy from his studio in Atholl
Street between 1854 and 1859
James renamed his Drawing Academy the Classical Academy in
1860 and continued to run it until 1897/8
James was a landscape painter who favoured oils but also
worked in watercolour
James was involved in the organisation of the 1883 Perth Fine Art
Exhibition in which he also exhibited
A CHECKLIST OF WORKS BY JAMES IN THE COLLECTION OF PERTH MUSEUM
AND ART GALLERY
(It is not possible to display all of the collection at any
one time, so please
contact the Art Section if you wish to view material that is
not on display)
OIL PAINTINGS
Ben Ledi, oil on canvas, 1866
Perth from Barnhill, oil on canvas, about 1888/89
Loch Tay from Killin, oil on panel, not dated
Kinfauns Castle and River Tay, oil on canvas, about 1889
The Old Mill at Almondbank, oil on canvas, 1884
Huntingtower Castle, oil on canvas, not dated
The Fair Maids House Perth, oil on canvas, 1893
WATERCOLOURS
A Path Through the Wood, watercolour on paper, 1872
Beeches Avenue Near Kelso, watercolour in paper, not dated
Near Dunkeld, watercolour on paper, not dated
Near Melrose, watercolour on paper, 1871
Old Mill Lindores Newburgh Fife, watercolour on paper, 1860
PRINTS
Stirling Castle, engraving on paper after Cranstoun, about
1852
RELATED
Portrait of James Hall Cranstoun, oil on board, by Sir William
Quiller Orchardson
Portrait of Charles Dalrymple Cranstoun, oil on board, by Sir
William Quiller Orchardson
Portrait of Charles Dalrymple Cranstoun, oil on board, by Sir
William Quiller Orchardson
Portrait of Miss Jane Cranstoun, oil on canvas, by by Sir
William Quiller Orchardson
