Stewart Orr

1872 - 1944 Scottish

Artworks: 16

Acquerellista umoristico e illustratore

William Stewart Orr è stato un acquerellista e illustratore di libri scozzese. Nato a Glasgow, figlio di William Orr, un mercante locale, il giovane Orr fu educato alla Glasgow School of Art. In 1907, The Studio reviewed his work and commented "Stewart Orr, one of the younger men, is an artist with that rare quality, a sense of humour. This characteristic will be applicable in the role of book illustrator, in which the artist is actively engaged at the present time." Orr sposò Mary Stuart Douglas e fu eletto membro della Royal Watercolour Society nel 1925. Nel 1927, Who's Who in Art lo descrisse come «acquerellista (principalmente), illustratore di libri occasionalmente». As an illustrator of children's books, Orr has been compared with his contemporary Harry B. Neilson. In a book on Arthur Rackham, Fred Gettings says "Along with Neilson, we may list Stewart Orr and Harry Rowntree... Neilson, and indeed a whole host of Victorian draughtsmen who told animal moralities and fairy stories, portray their animals in clothing... However, the important point is that, for all their human clothing, for all that they speak where necessary with human tongues, and point their morals with something verging on human gesture, these creatures always look like animals."

Artworks by this artist (16 total)