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Colin Gillespie Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 August 1874 |
| Died | 15 April 1938 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Colin Gillespie Mitchell (24 August 1874 - 15 April 1938) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]
Life
[edit]His father was Robert MacFarlane Mitchell (17 February 1844 - 21 January 1911) from Glasgow. He was a coalmaster and a director of the colliery firm James Nimmo and Co. Ltd. He later became a Baillie in Glasgow District council.[3][4]
His mother was Matilda McMorland (13 June 1853 - 24 July 1925). Robert and Marilda married at her parent's home, 250 Renfrew Street, Glasgow on 2 April 1872.
Colin Gillespie Mitchell was born on 24 August 1874 in Glasgow.[5]
He first married Catherine Mary Birkman Gallaher (14 August 1886 - 29 April 1913). They married in 1911 in Anderston, Glasgow.
He then married Florence Letty Campbell. They married in Kelvingrove, Glasgow in 1936.[6]
Art
[edit]Death
[edit]He died in a nursing home in Glasgow on 15 April 1938. His usual address was 6 Park Quadrant, Glasgow. [7]
The funeral was at Dundonald Road, Kelvinside at Belhaven Church on 19 April 1938 and then went to Glasgow Necropolis.[8]
Works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19380416/053/0004
- ^ http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1909_Glasgow_Men/Mitchell_MacFarlane_Robert.htm
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/189431016/person/262462152058/facts
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19380418/012/0012
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19380416/235/0008
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19380418/012/0012
- ^ https://www.richardtaylorfineart.com/artist/colin-gillespie-mitchell/perthshire-landscape-1
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artists/mitchell-colin-gillespie-1874c-1938
Category:1874 births
Category:1938 deaths
Category:Scottish male painters