George Houston
George Houston was born in Dalry in 1869 and educated at
Saltcoats Public School and Glasgow School of Art. He lived most of
his life in Dalry painting his native Ayrshire but he also
maintained a studio in Glasgow and spent time painting in the Inner
Hebrides and around Loch Fyne. Houston became an Associate of the
Royal Scottish Academy in 1909 and then an Academician in 1925. He
died a Dalry in 1947.