BONE, SIR MUIRHEAD

born March 23, 1876, Glasgow died Oct. 21, 1953, Ferry Hinksey, Oxford Scottish artist, best known as an etcher and drypoint engraver of architectural subjects. He first studied architecture and then art at the Glasgow School of Art. Being attracted by the picturesque aspect of buildings, he depicted views of his native town, among them Portfolio, a series of etchings (1899), and Glasgow Fifty Drawings (1911). He generally worked in drypoint or, as a draftsman, used pencil, charcoal, and sepia. In 1901 he moved to London, where the exhibition of his works in 1903 established his fame. In 1936 Bone published Old Spain, a popular two-volume collection of watercolours and drawings along with a text by his wife. During World Wars I and II he served as official artist with the British forces. He was knighted in 1937.