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Back of Standing Female Nude

Artist: Watt, George Fiddes, RSA · 1873-1960

Back of Standing Female Nude

Watt was a student in the RSA Life School every year from 1894-5 to 1898-9. In 1896 he was awarded an Extra Prize for Painting; in 1897 he took the…

Watt was a student in the RSA Life School every year from 1894-5 to 1898-9.
In 1896 he was awarded an Extra Prize for Painting; in 1897 he took the Chalmers Bursary [probably with the present work] and also the Chalmers-Jervise Prize for the best Drawing from the Life in addition to the Maclaine-Watters Medal. The Visitors to the RSA Life School during his time were; J Lawton Wingate; T Austen Brown; C Martin Hardie and W D McKay (1894-5) and C Martin Hardie; W D McKay; Otto Leyde and J Campbell Noble (1895-6); W D McKay; G Ogilvy Reid; Alexander I Roche and J Campbell Noble (1896-7); G Ogilvy Reid; Alexander I Roche; W Grant Stevenson and J Campbell Noble (1897-8) and G Ogilvy Reid; Alexander I Roche; W Grant Stevenson and J Campbell Noble (1898-9).