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Relationship to john william waterhouse:

Fellow artist, friend, and neighbour at Primrose Hill Studios: Armour occupied No. 10 from 1892-1893, Waterhouse occupied No. 6.

Brief Biography:

ARMOUR, George Denholm (1864-1949)

Painter and illustrator of hunting subjects. Born on 30th January 1864 at Waterside, Lanarkshire. Educated at St. Andrews. Studied at the Edinburgh School of Art and the R.S.A. Schools from 1880 to circa 1888. Settled in London and contributed to Punch from 1894, also to The Tatler and the Graphic. Exhibited at the R.A., R.S.A., G.I., etc. During World War I he commanded the Remount Depot in Salonica 1917-19. Awarded O.B.E. 1919. He produced many fine water-colours of huntsmen, their horses and the hounds, and was very popular in his day. His second wife was Violet Burton, a cousin to Sir Richard, the famous explorer. Lived for many years in Wiltshire and died on 17th February 1949.

Primary Sources: Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950, Grant M. Waters, Eastbourne, 1975; Bridle and Brush: Reminiscences of an Artist Sportsman, George Denholm Armour, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London / Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1937.

R.S.A.: Royal Scottish Academy

R.A.: Royal Academy

G.I.: Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts

Image Gallery:

The images below come from Bridle and Brush. Examples of Armour's work can be found in this volume.

G.D. Armour and Infant Son. From a drawing by the late Maurice Greiffenhagen, R.A. 1901.

G.D. Armour on 'The Dog' by Joseph Crawhall, 1892

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