Gordon Stewart Cameron

Gordon Stewart Cameron (27 April 1916 – 1 April 1994) was a Scottish painter, born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He won the Guthrie Award in 1944 with his work, the painting Boy with Apple.

Life

Gordon Stewart Cameron was born in 1916 at 56 Forest Avenue, Aberdeen. His parents were John Roderick Cameron (5 June 1881 - 1943), a commercial traveller, and Hilda Mary Stewart (1886 - 1954). They married on 19 August 1911. Gordon was one of their 3 sons, the others being Alan (1921 - 4 January 1995) and Douglas.

He married the artist Ellen Malcolm (1923 - 2002) in 1962.

Art

He was educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen. He studied under James Cowie and Robert Sivell with David Macbeth Sutherland as principal. Also at the Art School was Alberto Morocco, who became a great friend and delivered his eulogy at his funeral. At the Art School he won the Davidson Gold Medal, the Brough Scholarship, and the SED Travelling Scholarship. With the Scholarship he went to Holland and France.

He was asked in 1946 to illustrate an anatomy book for Aberdeen University, along with Dan Stephen, in 1946. This was completed with the help of Alberto Morocco. He died in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

The funeral was on Thursday 7 April 1994.

Several of his works, The Bus Stop and the Monkey Puzzle, The Edge of the City, and The Visitors, are owned by Art in Healthcare.