Stewart Orr

1872 - 1944 Scottish

Artworks: 16

Humoristische aquarellist en illustrator

William Stewart Orr was een Schotse aquarelkunstenaar en boekillustrator. Geboren in Glasgow, als zoon van William Orr, een plaatselijke handelaar, werd de jonge Orr opgeleid aan de 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 trouwde met Mary Stuart Douglas en werd in 1925 gekozen tot lid van de Royal Watercolour Society. In 1927 beschreef Who's Who in Art hem als „aquarellist (voornamelijk), af en toe boekillustrator". 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)