John Knox, 1778-1845

John Knox was a significant and original landscape painter of the nineteenth century who was born in Paisley and died in Keswick. His family moved to Glasgow in 1799 and it is thought that he may have studied under Alexander Nasmyth. His early career as a landscape painter was spent in his Glasgow studio, where he also taught. In addition to fairly conventional views of the Clyde valley and other picturesque sites composed in the classical tradition, he created some highly uncommon and measurable panoramas from unusual viewpoints. He is said to have taught both Horatio McCulloch and Daniel Macnee.