Origin: Scottish-American

As a young man, Alexander Stuart made numerous voyages on sailing vessels before emigrating to America in 1860. He is believed to have attended rugby and served in the British Navy. He is listed as an artist in the New York directories between 1860 and 1863, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Throughout the…

Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1880, Wilson initially imigrated with his family to Minnesota. Moving in his teens to Newton, Massachusetts he taught himself the art of the sea painter, capturing the ships and scenes of Boston harbor. He was employed for a time by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. Where he etched ships from blueprints. During…

Born in Dumferline, Scotland, James Bonar immigrated to the United States in 1885, settling in Pittsburgh to work as a mechanical engineer for the Carnegie Steel Company. Andrew Carnegie was not only a fellow Scotsman but also hailed from Dumferline, and over time the two became friends and associates with a common interest in the…

Burns holds a place of importance within American art, as a founding member of the Salmagundi Club in 1871, where he closely associated with Winslow Homer, Fred Church, Howard Pyle and George Inness, among many others. Burns and these other leading artists worked as illustrators for the important publications of Harper's, Scribner's and others periodicals…