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- Sir Herbert James Gunn
- Sir William Oliphant Hutchison, 1889 - 1970. Artist
- 1911
- PG 2379
- Scottish Art
- Sir Herbert James Gunn
- Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, 1913 - 1993 (wife of the 11th Duke of Argyll)
- about 1953
- PG 3120
- Scottish Art
- Sir Herbert James Gunn
- Thomas Johnston, 1881 - 1965. Statesman
- about 1955
- PG 2056
- Scottish Art
- Sir Herbert James Gunn
- Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1897 - 1991. Businessman and Philanthropist
- 1955
- PG 3436
- Scottish Art
- Sir Herbert James Gunn
- Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, 1903 - 1973
- about 1956
- PG 3119
- Scottish Art
Sir Herbert James Gunn (Scottish, 1893 - 1964)
Glasgow-born artist (Herbert) James Gunn briefly studied art at Glasgow and Edinburgh before moving to the Académie Julian in Paris in 1911. After serving with the 10th Scottish Rifles in the First World War, Gunn returned to Scotland where he married twice within a decade. His second wife, Pauline Miller, became a model for some of his best-known paintings. In 1929 Gunn decided to devote himself to portraiture and soon established a prolific and successful career in London. His portraits are sometimes sombre but always carefully painted, with close attention to detail. His distinguished sitters included Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and the Queen Mother. Yet official recognition was slow to come, and only in 1961 was Gunn finally made a member of the Royal Academy.
