George Bruce Sir James (Jimmy) Shand, 1908 - 2000. Musician 1995 © George J.D. Bruce

Biography

Born 1930
Nationality Scottish

George J D Bruce trained at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting. A painter of portraits, landscapes and still life, he has undertaken private and public commissions worldwide amongst which are official portraits of the Archbishop of Canterbury and portraits of heads of industry and education. Bruce has been a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters since 1959 and was its President from 1991-4.