Alexander Garden Sinclair 1859 -1930

                                                              Torridon from Diabaig. Oil on canvas. 101.5cm x 120cm. Believed to be by Alexander Garden Sinclair.
                                                     (Wanted - suggestions/offers for conservation. Click on picture for larger image)

Born in 1859, a younger son of a Free Church minister in Kenmore, Perthshire, in the heart of the Highlands, Alexander Garden Sinclair gave up his studies at Aberdeen University to pursue art in Edinburgh.

"Primarily an oil painter of landscapes and portraits, a member of the SOCIETY OF EIGHT. He also produced some fine watercolours in a broad, 'wet' style, influenced by the Dutch School. Painted views in Northern France and Scotland, in particular Iona. His large skies and free handling of the medium make his watercolours attractive. He was a contributor to Evergreen in his earlier years and, later, a close friend of S.J. Peploe."
The Dictionary of Scottish Painters - 1600 to the present

Sinclair exhibited at a number of top galleries some of which include the Connell & Sons Gallery, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rural-Scene-Watercolour-Painting-Alexander-G-Sinclair-/200547122256?pt=UK_art_Paintings_GL&hash=item2eb18a3c50

1905 exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of painting - PORTRAIT OF Miss LILY AITKEN IN FANCY DRESS
1906 exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of painting - PORTRAIT

He married Louise Stevenson in 1905 and died in 1930.

Other paintings

Alexander Garden Sinclair, ARSA (British, 1859-1930) Lowland landscape signed 'AG Sinclair' (lower right) oil on canvas 51 x 61cm (20 1/16 x 24in). (or is it a highland landscape?!)
(Sold for £660 Bonhams 14 Jan 2010)

Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice 60cm by 50cm

Rural scene watercolour 22cm (8.5") x  26cm (10")

Dr Alexander James Carlyle,  Exhibitioner at Exeter College, Oxford from 1883-86, an English lecturer at Lincoln,
 and Rector of the collegiate church of All Saints, Oxford (adjacent to Lincoln College) from 1895-1919
Oil on Canvas, 75x63cm
Image copyright Lincoln College, Oxford.
All rights reserved
Reproduced by permission of Lincoln College

'The Satin Dress' -  portrait of a woman in a satin dress. Oil on canvas 151 x 82 cm. In the collection of Fife Council. . Donated by Mrs A.G. Sinclair 1942.

        A French Village - Oil  13" x 15"

  Horses Harrowing - Oil 40cm x 52cm    Portrait of a Girl - Oil 41cm x 35.5cm - signed and dated (Sold July 10, 2012 McTear's  Glasgow, United Kingdom .

River Landscape. Watercolour 21cm x 31 cm (364x247)

Haddington. Oil on canvas 40cm x 65cm
(Courtesy of FIDRA Fine Art)

Also

Two Shire Horses (c. 1923)

Description
2 Shire horses, one white, one black, drinking at pond with man seated on one. 

Provenance  Commissioned for the Library in Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House.

Portrait of Mrs Tod (Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, December 8, 2000 oil on canvas Measurements: 30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (height) by 24.00 in. (60.96 cm.) (width)
 £ 2,700 GBP Hammer (Estimate: £ 300 - 500 GBP )
Venetian canal scene Lot 150 - Langlois, Jersey (May 26, 1999) Contents of La Rive House La Vallee de Rozel, St Martin (Sale No.70005)
Materials: oil on canvas Measurements: 23.00 in. (58.42 cm.) (height) by 37.00 in. (93.98 cm.) (width)
£ 1,200 GBP Hammer Estimate: £ 1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Bridge over river Lot 154 - Langlois, Jersey (May 26, 1999) Contents of La Rive House La Vallee de Rozel, St Martin (Sale No.70005)
Materials: oil on canvas Measurements: 30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (height) by 24.00 in. (60.96 cm.) (width)
£ 320 GBP Hammer 
French farmyard Lot 157 - Langlois, Jersey (May 26, 1999) Contents of La Rive House La Vallee de Rozel, St Martin (Sale No.70005)
Materials: oil on canvas Measurements: 15.00 in. (38.10 cm.) (height) by 24.00 in. (60.96 cm.) (width)
£ 500 GBP Hammer
Rural castle, Scotland Lot 159 - Langlois, Jersey (May 26, 1999) Contents of La Rive House La Vallee de Rozel, St Martin (Sale No.70005)
Materials: oil on canvas Measurements: 24.00 in. (60.96 cm.) (height) by 30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (width)
£ 600 GBP Hammer
The road to the isles looking towards Loch Rannoch Lot 178 - Sotheby's, London (April 15, 1997) Scottish Pictures (Sale LN7224-Ang)
Materials: oil on canvas Measurements: 60.00 in. (152.40 cm.) (height) by 84.00 in. (213.36 cm.) (width
£ 5,600 GBP Hammer Estimate: £ 1,000 - 1,500 GBP )
Old road, Loch Achray. Near Loch Achray Lot 60 - Sotheby's, London (December 11, 1996) Scottish Paintings (Sale LN6737-Tri)
Materials: oil on canvas (1); oil on canvasboard (2) Measurements: 25.00 in. (63.50 cm.) (height) by 27.00 in. (68.58 cm.) (width)
£ 800 GBP Hammer

Notes

1859-1930 Buried at Dean Parish Church Edinburgh http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?available=yes&fullname=John%20Robert%20Horne%20Stevenson&grave=75058

Mr. Alexander Garden Sinclair (alumnus, 1876-77) has been elected an 
Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. He began the Arts course, but 
found the call of art irresistible, and went to Edinburgh to study. He is one 
of the group of painters known as the Society of Eight, who exhibit regularly 
in Edinburgh. Mr. Sinclair is a son of the manse, his father having been 
minister of the Free Church, Kenmore, Perthshire.

 (Aberdeen University Review 1918)

1912 The Society of Eight formed by P. W. Adam, David Allison, James Cadenhead, John Lavery, Harrington Mann, James Paterson and A. G. Sinclair

Also passing from the scene in 1930 were three other Associates, Alexander Garden Sinclair, David A. Francis and William Crozier.

1918 Elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.

Painting auctioned by Sotheby's (USA) 1887 -The road to the isles looking towards Loch Rannoch, s. Oil Painting (84x60in).

Birth Certificate
(Name) Sinclair Alexander: (When and where born)1859 April Twentieth Noon Free Church Manse of Kenmore: (Sex)M: (Father) Allan Sinclair Minister: (Mother) Sarah Sinclair Maiden Name Fraser: (Informant) Allan Sinclair Father Present: 1859 April 28th: (registered 1859 April 28thth at Kenmore William Armstrong Registrar.

Marriage Certificate - Parish of Crammond, Edinburgh
1905 on the Seventeenth day of October at Blackhall, Crammond after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland
Signed AGF Sinclair Artist (Bachelor) aged 46 of the Well, Collinton: Father Allan Sinclair Clergyman (deceased); Mother Sarah Sinclair M S Fraser
Signed LH Stevenson (Spinster) aged 41 of 9 Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh. Father Robert Horne Stevenson (deceased) Mother Frances Stevenson M.S. Cadell
(Officiating minister) N B Stevenson vicar of St Columba's         HJ Stevenson Witness     Eliza B Sinclair Witness   (Registered) 1905 October 19th At Davidson Mains   Robert Simpson Registrar

Death certificate
Alexander Garden Sinclair, Artist ARSA married to Louie Stevenson. Died 1930 June Twelfth One a.m. at 18 Ann Street Edinburgh. M(ale) 70. (Father) Allan Sinclair minister Free Church of Scotland (deceased). (Mother) Sarah Sinclair m.n. Fraser (deceased). (Cause of death) CerebroSpinal Sclerosis. Cardiac failure. asertt by A. Hill Buchan FRCP-. Informant AHH Sinclair Brother 6 Charlotte Square Edinburgh. 1930 June 12th At Edinburgh Joseph Sanderson Registrar.

1861 census

Name: Alexander Sinclair Age: 1
Relationship: Son
Father's name: Allan Sinclair
Mother's name: Sarah Sinclair
Gender: Male
Where born: Kenmore, Perthshire
Registration Number: 360 Registration district:
Kenmore Civil Parish: Kenmore
County: Perthshire
Address: Kenmore ED: 1 Household schedule number: 41 Line: 15 Roll: CSSCT1861_49
Household Members:

Name: Alexander G Sinclair Age: 31
Relationship: Son
Mother's name: Sarah F Sinclair
Gender: Male
Where born: Kenmore, Perthshire
Registration Number: 685/5
Registration district: Newington
Civil Parish: Edinburgh Liberton and Duddingston
County: Midlothian
Address: 13 March Hall Rd
Occupation: Artist
ED: 83 Household schedule number: 84 Line: 21 Roll: CSSCT1891_355
Household Members: