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Edward Baird (1904 – 7 January 1949) was a Scottish artist, known for his portrait painting.
Biography. Born 1904. Died 1949. Nationality Scottish. Baird was born in Montrose in 1904 and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1924 to 1927. He became a close friend of James McIntosh Patrick, sharing his painstaking approach to realism.
Painter and teacher, born in Montrose, Angus, where poor health confined him for most of his life. After education at Montrose Academy he attended Glasgow School of Art, 1923–7, winning the Newbery Medal as top student of his year.
Edward Baird was a Scottish artist who worked in Montrose during the Second World War, producing paintings that reflected his nationalist and communitarian views. He was an official war artist and his works show the local defence volunteers, the Luftwaffe raids, and the urban and rural landscapes of his hometown.
T1 - Portrait of a young Scotsman: a life of Edward Baird. AU - Blackwood, Jonathon. N1 - Based on entirely new primary research drawing on family archives among other slight resources, this was the first substantial critical monograph on Baird’s life and work, with funding from the AHRB and published for the artist’s centenary.
- Published-2004
- Fleming Wyfold Foundation, London
Edward Baird. Baird was born in Montrose in 1904 and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1924 to 1927. He became a close friend of James McIntosh Patrick, sharing his painstaking approach to realism. Baird returned to Montrose after graduating and lived there for the rest of his life, painting local subjects...
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