Alexander Fraser (painter)
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Alexander Fraser was a Scottish landscape painter and the biographer of Horatio McCulloch
. He is also known as Alexander Fraser the Younger as his father, Alexander Fraser (1786–1865), was also a Scottish painter. According to Edward Pinnington
's biography of him, he was brought up on the coast of Argyll. He went to Edinburgh in 1844 or 1845 and learnt his trade there. He 'began to exhibit in 1847 and his first commission dates from about 1850.'
Horatio McCulloch
Horatio McCulloch , sometimes written M'Culloch, was a Scottish landscape painter.-Life:...
. He is also known as Alexander Fraser the Younger as his father, Alexander Fraser (1786–1865), was also a Scottish painter. According to Edward Pinnington
Edward Pinnington
Edward Pinnington was a Scottish art historian, biographer and journalist. He is mainly known for his authoritative biographies of Scottish artists but he also wrote several articles on Robert Burns and his family.- Life :...
's biography of him, he was brought up on the coast of Argyll. He went to Edinburgh in 1844 or 1845 and learnt his trade there. He 'began to exhibit in 1847 and his first commission dates from about 1850.'