James Huck was an artist passionate about portraiture,
stimulated by love and knowledge of the Dutch School. He
was known as an authority on the Greek figure, his knowledge
of anatomy was stimulated by admiration for Leonardo Da
Vinci. An interest in history of Art was fostered by
intense reading and studying mainly in Paris, triggered
by reading Tolstoy's 'What is Art?'. Huck's other passion
was landscape, very much inspired by his Scottish homeland.
In these paintings you can see a fascination for colour
stemmed from a keen interest in the Italian Renaissance
artists.
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| 1875 Born Lasswade, Scotland |
| Early Education Galashiels, Hawick |
| While still young established an Art School in Galashiels
which later developed into South of Scotland Technical College
now known as Scottish Textile College, Galashiels (part of
Heriott-Watt University) |
| Received help and encouragement from
benefactor Bailie G. Hope Tait |
| Higher Education Glasgow School of Art
and London Slade |
| 1900 Won the Haldane Scholarship and
a traveling bursary, traveling to France and Italy |
| c1901 Won the Bram Stoker Medal. Best
imaginative work of the year with the picture "A representation
of Adam and Eve" |
| 1901 Won silver medal South Kensington
for Chalk drawing of seated nude figure |
| 1901 Appointed to the staff of Glasgow
School of Art. Assistant in the School Drawing and Painting
Section and lecturer on artistic anatomy |
| 1905 Exhibited Italian sketches in oil,
watercolour and pastel in School of Art Club |
| 1911 Exhibited oil portrait "Thomas
Hodge, Esq." Not for sale. Glasgow Institute of Fine
Arts |
| 1912 Exhibited oil "Cottage door,
Fistard, Port St. Mary, I.O.M. £10 Glasgow Institute
of Fine Arts
pastel "Study of a head" Not for sale. Glasgow
Institute of Fine Arts |
| 1913 Exhibited oil "Gansey Shore",
I.O.M. £10
Glasgow Institute
of Fine Arts. Oil "the Smelt", I.O.M. £12.12.0
Glasgow Institute
of Fine Arts |
| 1918 First president of the Federation
of Scottish Art Clubs. At this time he was also headmaster
of the Strathbungo Evening School |
| 1926 Becomes Assistant Director of Glasgow
and School of Art |
| 1932 Directed experiment in Rutherglan
schools to find out what natural instinct for design in colour
was possessed by Scottish children of 5-12 years |
| 1934 18ft long mural painting "The
burial of the Chieftain" (from Scott's Lady of the Lake)
on view at galleries of Messrs. T. & R. Annan & Sons |
| 1935 Exhibition of his pictures of Culross
and Iona in McClure's Galleries, Wellington Street. |
| 1935 Exhibited oil "Group of cattle" £75
Glasgow Institute
of Fine Arts.
Oil "Miss Doris Morton" Not for sale. Glasgow Institute
of Fine Arts.
Oil "Mr Alex. Garvie" Not for sale. Glasgow Institute
of Fine Arts |
| 1936 Exhibited watercolour "Leaderfoot
Bridge" £10
Glasgow Institute
of Fine Arts |
| 1938 Retires from Glasgow School of Art |
| 1940 Dies Glasgow, Scotland |
