Joseph Morris Henderson
Joseph Morris Henderson RSA (1863-1936) was a Scottish Glaswegian landscape, portrait, genre and coastal scenery oil and watercolour painter . He was born in Glasgow and died there too.
Family
J.Morris Henderson as he is also referred to and with that name he signed also his paintings, mostly in the right hand bottom corner, was the brother of John Henderson (1860-1924), who both were the sons of Joseph Henderson RSW (1832-1908), who were all Scottish fine art painters. His sister, Marjory Henderson married the well known Scottish painter William McTaggart, who painted in 1894 a wonderful portrait of Joseph Henderson which was presented by the family of Joseph Henderson in 1925 to the Glasgow Museums. J. Morris Henderson was born in Glasgow as his father moved there in early 1850tish and he remained living there.
Biography
He painted oils as well as watercolours. His father was their teacher, although J.Morris Henderson studied art at the Glasgow School of Art and at Glasgow University. He was elected an associate Royal Scottish Academy in 1928, followed in 1936 by a full membership. He is mentioned in The Dictionary of British Artist and The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. Exhibitions of his works were held in London at the Royal Academy, and the New Gallery. In Liverpool at the Walker Art Gallery and in Manchester at the Manchester City Art Gallery. In Scotland he exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours.
External links
- http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/people/biog/?bid=Hend_JM&initial=H
- http://www.anthonywoodd.com/artist/joseph-morris-henderson
- http://sutcliffegalleries.com/joseph-henderson/
See also
References
- The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood
- The Dictionary of British Artists by Grant Waters.