| Charles
James McCall (British, 1907 - 1989)
Charles McCall was born in Edinburgh in 1907. Aged twenty-three
he won a two-year scholarship to Edinburgh College, completing
a four year course in two years, studying under D.M. Sutherland
and the famous colourist S.J. Peploe. The diploma was followed
by two further scholarships which included an extensive tour
of Europe and study under Orthon Friesz at the Academie Colarossi,
Paris.
Many of his one man shows have been mounted on both sides
of the Atlantic and a film of McCall’s life and work
was made by BBC Scotland and shown in 1975. Charles McCall
died in 1989.
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