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Saxton, Donald Davidson
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Donald Davidson Saxton was born on the 28th of February 1885, living in a variety of areas around Glasgow, including the West End and Springburn to the North. In 1904, at the age of 19, Saxton studied for a year at The Glasgow School of Art where he took evening classes with Jean Delville, a Belgian Professor of Life Painting and Drawing, while working in Portraiture. Following a break in his studies he returned to the School in 1914, staying enrolled until 1916. During 1914-15 he undertook evening classes in Life Drawing, while the following academic year 1915-16 his focus lay in Drawing and Painting day classes. These later years at the School sat alongside his professional life, in which he worked on Artist Enlargements in black and white during 1914-15, specialising as a Finisher of Enlargements during 1915-16.
Between 1936-1951 Saxton exhibited a variety of his work in The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Exhibitions. Details of specific works exhibited can be found in The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts : A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Complied by Roger Billcliffe, Volume 4 (Q-Z), available in The Glasgow School of Art Archives.
Further periods of public exhibition took place between 1938-1949, during which a variety of Saxton's work were shown in The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitions. Details of specific works exhibited can be found in The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Annual Exhibitions of The Royal Scottish Academy, Volume IV (R-Z), available in The Glasgow School of Art Archives.
The Glasgow School of Art student registration number, Donald D. Saxton:
- 1904-05 (504)
- 1914-15 (279)
- 1915-16 (281)
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