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Alexander Graham Munro
Born(1903-01-05)5 January 1903
Died9 August 1985(1985-08-09) (aged 82)
NationalityScottish

Alexander Graham Munro (5 January 1903 - 9 August 1985) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]

Life

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His father was James Milne Bell Munro (4 February 1863 - 22 February 1942), a grocer from Glasgow.

His mother was Euphemia Graham (15 April 1861 - 29 May 1934) from Perth. James and Euphemia married on 18 March 1896 in Perth.

Alexander Graham Munro was born on 5 January 1903 in Mid Calder, Midlothian.

He married the artist Ruth Fanshawe Moorwood (born c. 1905), daughter of Hedley Stanley Moorwood. They married on 4 June 1932 in Sheffield, England. Ruth had studied at the Edinburgh College of Art.[3]

Art

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Death

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He died on 9 August 1985 at the Royal Infimary in Edinburgh. The funeral was on 13 August 1985 at Warriston cemetery.[5]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002722/19320610/044/0003
  4. ^ https://www.heriotrow.org/Alexander-Graham-Munro/
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19850812/031/0002


Category:1903 births Category:1985 deaths Category:Scottish male painters