George Whitton Johnstone

George Whitton Johnstone (detail)

The grave of George Whitton Johnstone, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh

George Whitton Johnstone RSA RSW (1849-22 February 1901) was a 19th-century Scottish artist.

Life

He was born in Glamis in May 1849.

He was a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Society of Watercolourists

He died in Edinburgh and was buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh. The distinctive grave holds a high relief sculpture of his head and lies in the westmost section of the cemetery.

Public Works

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• The Falls of Tummel, Dundee Art Gallery and Museum (two views)
• Landscape, Dundee Art Gallery and Museum
• Spring Time in Dalmeny Woods, Fife Council
• A Burnside, Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
• Lake of Menteith, Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
• Where the Burnie runs into the Sea, Royal Scottish Academy
• Dunlappie Ford, Edzell, Paisley Art Gallery and Museum

References

• Dictionary of National Biography: Johnstone