Portrait painter. Known as the "Scottish van Dyck," George Jamesone was an important figure in the development of portrait painting in Scotland. He was the first great native-born artist. Though born in Aberdeen, Jamesone served his apprenticeship in Edinburgh as a painter of decorative interiors before returning to his native city and setting up a studio. In Aberdeen and Edinburgh Jamesone painted people from various walks of life: aristocrats, academics, lawyers and merchants. Jamesone also completed major commissions, including an entire series of portraits of friends and family for his important patron Sir Colin Campbell, and a set of Scottish monarchs, painted for Charles I's official entry into Edinburgh in 1633.
Jamesone's success as a portrait painter made him wealthy – he bought houses and estates and planted a pleasure garden to the west of Aberdeen. When Jamesone died in 1644, he was widely mourned.
Son of Andrew Jamesone & Marjory Anderson, on 12 March 1624, Jameson married Isabel Tosch in Aberdeen.
Jamesone's success as a portrait painter made him wealthy – he bought houses and estates and planted a pleasure garden to the west of Aberdeen. When Jamesone died in 1644, he was widely mourned.
Son of Andrew Jamesone & Marjory Anderson, on 12 March 1624, Jameson married Isabel Tosch in Aberdeen.
Portrait painter. Known as the "Scottish van Dyck," George Jamesone was an important figure in the development of portrait painting in Scotland. He was the first great native-born artist. Though born in Aberdeen, Jamesone served his apprenticeship in Edinburgh as a painter of decorative interiors before returning to his native city and setting up a studio. In Aberdeen and Edinburgh Jamesone painted people from various walks of life: aristocrats, academics, lawyers and merchants. Jamesone also completed major commissions, including an entire series of portraits of friends and family for his important patron Sir Colin Campbell, and a set of Scottish monarchs, painted for Charles I's official entry into Edinburgh in 1633.
Jamesone's success as a portrait painter made him wealthy – he bought houses and estates and planted a pleasure garden to the west of Aberdeen. When Jamesone died in 1644, he was widely mourned.
Son of Andrew Jamesone & Marjory Anderson, on 12 March 1624, Jameson married Isabel Tosch in Aberdeen.
Jamesone's success as a portrait painter made him wealthy – he bought houses and estates and planted a pleasure garden to the west of Aberdeen. When Jamesone died in 1644, he was widely mourned.
Son of Andrew Jamesone & Marjory Anderson, on 12 March 1624, Jameson married Isabel Tosch in Aberdeen.
Bio by: GariochGraver
Inscription
Recorded in the "Epitaphs & Inscriptions in the Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh"
Gravesite Details
Metal wall plaques on site of Jamesone's house in Schoolhill, Aberdeen.
Family Members
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