Works
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, The Melancholia of a Poet
    James McNaught RSW RGI, The Melancholia of a Poet
    £ 2,750.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, The Silent Ariadne
    James McNaught RSW RGI, The Silent Ariadne
    £ 3,750.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, A Pastel by Fantin Latour
    James McNaught RSW RGI, A Pastel by Fantin Latour
    £ 975.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, The Velvet Glove
    James McNaught RSW RGI, The Velvet Glove
    £ 1,500.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, The Voluptuous Dreams of Ariadne
    James McNaught RSW RGI, The Voluptuous Dreams of Ariadne
    £ 2,500.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, Woman with Velvet Gloves Sitting in a Garden
    James McNaught RSW RGI, Woman with Velvet Gloves Sitting in a Garden
    £ 4,500.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, Memory of Ariadne
    James McNaught RSW RGI, Memory of Ariadne
    £ 2,500.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, Piazza
    James McNaught RSW RGI, Piazza
    £ 3,500.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, The Moist Aroma of a Red Velvet Glove
    James McNaught RSW RGI, The Moist Aroma of a Red Velvet Glove
    £ 3,500.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, The Three Graces
    James McNaught RSW RGI, The Three Graces
    £ 3,500.00
  • James McNaught RSW RGI, The Bourgeoise Nose of Ludovico Albertini
    James McNaught RSW RGI, The Bourgeoise Nose of Ludovico Albertini
    £ 3,500.00
Overview

James McNaught RSW RGI (b.1948) paints buildings and street scenes, mysterious figures and other narrative elements in fictional combinations.

 

James McNaught was born in Glasgow, the only son of parents who worked as carpet designers at Templeton's Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. He studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield Art College between 1966 and 1970. He won the Royal Scottish Academy painting award in 1970. From 1973 to 2007 he taught full time at a boys school in Glasgow where fellow prize winner and Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts artist Simon Laurie was a pupil. In 2010 he won the Sir William Gillies Award at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. He is now a full-time artist, and has had solo exhibitions in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Munich. His paintings are highly sought after and held in significant private collections worldwide.