George Denholm Armour

George Denholm Armour was born in Waterside or Carmunnock, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 30 January 1864, to parents Robert Armour and Marion Paterson, and had several brothers and sisters. He grew up in Liverpool and went to school in Fife. He graduated from the University of St Andrews and the Edinburgh College of Art. ==Career==

He moved to Tangiers, Morocco, to paint and buy horses. before commanding the depot at Salonika from 1917 to 1919. as well as an Order of the British Empire, 'For services rendered in connection with military operations in the Balkans'. He retired from the British Army on 22 February 1922 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. By 1920, Armour was living at 'Parkside', a Grade II* listed building in Corsham, west Wiltshire; while being a member of the Savage Club in London. When his wife Mary died in June 1925, he married Violet Burton in September 1926. They lived in Malmesbury. By 1927, they were living at Easton House, one mile east of Corsham. He became a member of the Royal Scottish Academy. He died at Liddington Manor, Swindon, Wiltshire on 17 February 1949. ==Works==

Some of his paintings are owned by the City of Glasgow, the National Trust, the Aberdeen Art Gallery, the National Galleries of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. Illustrator • Thomas Scott Anderson's Hound and horn in Jedforest: Being some experiences of a Scottish M.F.H. (1909). Scott Anderson's daughter married Will H. Ogilvie. • Edward Dirom Cuming's With rod and gun (1912) of shooting and fishing. • Edward Dirom Cuming's Coaching days and ways (The British Sport Series) (1913), Hodder and Stoughton, about horse-drawn coach transport. Paintings • Two Huntsmen on Horseback, One Blowing a Horn • Miss Esme Jenner (1896/1897-1932), as Master of the Sparkford Vale Harriers • The Sound of the Horn, Twilight and Dimsey • Mater pulchra, filia pulchrior: Twilight and Dimsey • On the Staircase • George Denholm Armour, Artist, Self-Portrait • Upper Half of Male Nude • Study of Reclining Female Nude and Bearded Male • D. Milburn (U.S. back), polo player • A Nearside Shot by Leslie Cheape, polo player • Larry Waterbury Scoring, polo player • Capt. Ritson Making a Run, polo player • Saving a Goal • Mounted Polo Player • A Polo Match • A Faithful Hunter • Portrait of a Hunter ==References==