KENNAWAY - Charles Gray Kennaway (1860-1925)
Last updated | 28/09/2010
From Baker's son to Art Master
born Perth 9 February 1860
died Perth 1925
SOME THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CHARLES
Charles was born in Perth the son of Charles Gray Kennaway (a
baker) and his wife Elizabeth Keiller (of the Dundee marmalade
making family)
Charles was educated at Perth Academy
Charles took art lessons from
William Proudfoot in Perth
Charles enrolled at the Royal College of Art in London where
he studied for 7 years
Charles spent the summer of 1887 studying in Paris
Charles was Art Master at Sharp's Institution in Perth
Charles was appointed Principal of the Athenaeum School in
Glasgow in 1892 a post he held for the next 8 years
Charles and his Danish wife set up an artist's colony at Dinan in
the early 1900s
Charles exhibited widely at the major art exhibitions in the
UK
Charles lived latterly in Torquay
Charles died on a holiday to visit family in Perth during which
time he installed a series of painted panels he had executed
depicting heroines from Sir Walter Scott's novels in the
Kennaway Tea Rooms at the corner of South Street and St John
Street and which unfortunately no longer survive
CHECKLIST OF PICTURES BY CHARLES IN THE COLLECTION OF PERTH
MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
(It is not possible to show the entire collection at any one
time, to view material not on display please
contact the Art Section to make an appointment)
OIL PAINTINGS
Songs Without Words, oil on canvas, about 1910
The Bride, oil on canvas, 1924
Portrait of the Artist's Mother Elizabeth Keiller, oil on canvas,
about 1900
Portrait of David M MacKay of General Accident, oil on canvas,
1909
Self Portrait, oil on canvas, 1923
Self Portrait, tempera on panel, November 1902
Portrait of George Thomson Cairncross, oil on canvas, 1912
Posthumous Portrait of James Charles Cairncross, oil on canvas,
1923
The Fishing Fleet, Aberdeen Harbour, oil on canvas, about
1911
WATERCOLOURS
On the Rance, watercolour on paper, about 1904
Les Vieux Moulins, watercolour on paper, about 1904
Cider Press, Brittany, watercolour on paper, about 1904
Fishing Boats, Brittany, watercolour on paper, about 1904
View of Dinan, watercolour and gouache on paper, about 1904
Deer by a Loch, watercolour on paper, not dated
RELATED
Exeter Cathedral and Bishop's Palace, reproductive print after
Charles Gray Kennaway
