Patrick Syme

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Patrick Syme
Born(1774-09-17)17 September 1774
Died25 July 1845(1845-07-25) (aged 70)
NationalityScottish
Relatives John Syme, nephew

Patrick Syme (17 September 1774 – 25 July 1845) was a Scottish flower-painter. [1] [2]

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Life

The grave of Patrick Syme, Dollar The grave of Patrick Syme, Dollar.jpg
The grave of Patrick Syme, Dollar

Syme was born in Edinburgh on 17 September 1774, and educated there. In the Scottish public exhibitions, which began in 1808, his flower-pieces were much admired. [3]

In 1803 Syme took up his brother's practice as a drawing-master, and concentrated on teaching. He was one of the associate artist members of the Royal Institution. He was also prominent in the foundation of the Royal Scottish Academy, occupying the chair at the first meeting in May 1826, and becoming one of the council of four appointed there to manage its affairs. [3]

Towards the end of his life Syme was art master at Dollar Academy. He died at Dollar, Clackmannanshire, in July 1845. [3] He is buried in the parish churchyard the grave lying in the upper north-west section.[ citation needed ]

Works

Apple tree, engraving after Patrick Syme An apple tree engraving by William Miller for William Archibald 1818.jpg
Apple tree, engraving after Patrick Syme

If best known as a flower-painter, Syme painted portraits, and made natural history drawings of natural history. He published: [3]

Family

Syme married Elizabeth Boswell of Balmuto daughter of Claud Irvine Boswell, Lord Balmuto, the judge. She had been his pupil since about 1810, the couple eloped in 1822, and her family's disapproval of the match was permanent. John Thomas Irvine Boswell the botanist was their son. [4] [5]

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References

  1. The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
  2. Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Syme, Patrick"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. Dixon, Lucy. "Syme, Patrick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26879.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. Mallalieu, H. L. (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 329. ISBN   1-85149-025-6.

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Syme, Patrick". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.