Lorimer, John Henry, 1856-1936 (Scottish painter)
Dates
- Existence: 1856 - 1936
Biography
John Henry Lorimer was born to parents Hannah Stodart Lorimer (1835-1916) and James Lorimer (1818-1890) in 1856. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, University of Edinburgh, and Royal Scottish Academy. He travelled throughout Europe, including Spain, Italy and Algiers. John Henry, often nicknamed 'JH' by family members, was a successful artist whose paintings were featured at the Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Academy. His oil painting 'The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk' hangs at the National Gallery of Scotland. Many of his paintings portray the Lorimer family's summer home, Kellie Castle in Pittenweem, Fife.
John Henry Lorimer's siblings were: James Lorimer (1852-1898), Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer) (1854-1947), Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) (1857-1946), Caroline Louise Lorimer (1861-1946), and Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864-1929).
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer, 8 March 1893
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer on the subject of updates on their shared acquaintances, John Henry's recollections of some time spent in France, and ongoing of "the Elders" in France, dated March 8 1993.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer, c 1897
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer on the subject of John Henry buying a house in Chelsea, his cold, the weather, and his studio in London dated c.1897.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer, c 1897
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer on the subject of pictures of paintings in Paris that Caroline previously sent John Henry and John Henry's request that Caroline go check on his paintings in Paris dated c. 1897.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer, c 1897
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer on the subject of John Henry being away from home, seeing a watercolour exhibition, and the price of paintings dated c. 1897.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer, c 1899
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Caroline Louise Lorimer on the subject of his affairs and acquaintances in London dated c. 1899.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Deak, 30 March 1880
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Deak on the subject of seeing Rome as a tourist dated 30 March 1880.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Deak, 7 August 1880
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Deak on the subject of his travels in Venice, the paintings he is seeing, the regatta delle Donne, and a small sketch of two legs and feet dated 7 August 1880.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to "Dearest Bird", 16-21 June 1879
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to "Dearest Bird" on the subject of events, dated 16 June 1879 with addition made that Saturday 21 June 1879.
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to "Dearest Mrs Thurn" (Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer)), 23 December 1895
Letter in English from John Henry Lorimer to "Mrs Thurn" (Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer)) on headed paper from Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, on the subject of Christmas wishes with "an abatement of mosquitos, and some pleasant meeting with your white neighbours" and portraits, dated 23 December 1895
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer), c 1897
Letter from John Henry Lorimer to Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer) on the subject of Hannah's domestic troubles and John Henry's business in London dated c. 1897.