JOHN BURR
(British 1831-1893)

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John Burr was a Scottish oil and watercolour painter of children, humerous genre scenes, portraits and landscapes. Born in Edinburgh in 1831, between the ages of fourteen and seventeen he painted portraits and landscapes for the upper classes in small Scottish communities to which he would travel.  He then enrolled at the Trustees’ Academy in Edinburgh under Robert Lauder and his first two exhibited paintings completed during his second year as a student were favorably received. “The Housewife” painted in 1857 was purchased by the APFA in Scotland, as was “The Strolling Musician” painted the following year. He remained at the Academy until 1861 when he and his younger brother, artist Alexander Hohenlohe Burr (1835–1899), moved to London to establish a studio.  He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1862 and would exhibit a total of eighteen paintings there prior to his death in 1893.  He exhibited regularly during his time in London, including at the British Institution, the Grosvenor Gallery, the Society of British Artists, and the Royal Water Colour Society. He also exhibited in Edinburgh, Glasgow,  Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester. Burr was elected in 1875 a member of the Society of British Artists and in 1883 a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He was president of the Society of British Artists from 1881 until 1886.