David Young Cameron - The Woody Tay

Sir David Young Cameron was born in Glasgow, Scotland. From around 1881 he studied at the Glasgow School of Art and in 1885 enrolled at the Edinburgh Schools of Art. His prints feature areas of great darkness, offset by highlights. From 1900 he stopped exhibiting portraits and figure studies, concentrating solely on landscapes and architectural subjects in both his painting and etching. His etchings, which examined light and shade, again show the influence of the Hague School as well as Whistler and Rembrandt. Cameron was well known and liked in the art world and held a great many appointments to societies and boards. Cameron was knighted in 1924 and was a Trustee of the Tate Gallery from 1921 to 1927 and the Scottish National Gallery, and was the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland 1933. He died in Perth, Scotland on 16 September 1945.