J. R. Murray McCheyne
Born 1911
Died 1982
Active: 1935 - 1968
Sculptor, teacher
He studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1930-5 with Alexander Carrick, and later in Copenhagen. In the 1950s and 1960s he was Master of sculpture at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and carried out a number of commissions in the area, several of them with the architect, Billy Williamson. There is a roman head by McCheyne set in the courtyard of Wallsend Library, Ferndale Ave, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear.
This record includes information submitted by Elain Harwood, English Heritage.
Works
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Whither
1938
Locations
Address Union Bank House Leslie | View on map
1935 (Circa)
Address 46 Oxgangs Road Fairmilehead Edinburgh | View on map
1938 (Circa) - 1939 (Circa)
Address King's College Newcastle-upon-Tyne | View on map
1940 (Circa) - 1952 (Circa)
McCheyne used this address circa 1940-1941 and again circa 1951-2. It is assumed he also had a local home address as he taught in Newcastle during the 1950s and 60s.
Address 34 Balbirnie Street Markinch | View on map
1943 (Circa)
Address c/o Messrs Aitken Dott and Son 26 Castle Street Edinburgh | View on map
1945 (Circa) - 1951 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1935 - 1952
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 10 times: 1935 (2 works), 1938 (5 works), 1939 (1 work), 1940 (1 work), 1941 (1 work), 1943 (1 work), 1945 (1 work), 1947 (1 work), 1951 (1 work) and 1952 (1 work)
Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1951 (Circa)
Exhibited once, one work
Citing this record
'J. R. Murray McCheyne', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib7_1205419817, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
