Andrew Law (1873–1967) was a Scottish artist and portrait painter. Law rarely exhibited outside of the west of Scotland, but, during a long career based on private commissions, he produced a significant body of work.

Life and work

Law was born at

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in Ayrshire, where his father was a miner and later a publican. Law went to school in Kilmarnock and took evening classes at the Kilmarnock Academy. In 1891, he was awarded the National Medal for Success in Art and won a place at the

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, where his tutor was

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. In 1896, Law was awarded a travelling scholarship and spent six months studying in Paris, where he took lessons from

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and attended classes at the

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. Law returned to Kilmarnock and began a successful career accepting private portrait commissions. Law married Elizabeth Wilson in 1912, and the couple moved to Glasgow, where Law continued with his commissioned work. Among these commissions was the full-length portrait of the footballer

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, which still hangs in the

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. Law was active in the Glasgow Art Club and also taught part-time at the Glasgow School of Art until his retirement in 1938. Law exhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy, at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Art and at the Paris Salon. His only one-man show was in 1958, and in later life, he continued to paint rural and street scenes around Kilmarnock. A portrait painted by Law of his fellow Scot and artist Ancell Stronach was lost in the fire in the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art on 23 May 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Andrew 1873 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish painters Académie Delécluse alumni Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art People educated at Kilmarnock Academy People from Crosshouse Scottish male painters Scottish portrait painters