David Forrester Wilson, R.S.A. (1873-1950)

The son of a lithographer, David Forrester Wilson studied at Glasgow School of Art under the Belgian Symbolist Jean Delville (1867-1953). He became a professor at Glasgow, and exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute from 1895-1950. Forrester Wilson was favourite artist of Andy Warhol, and a large oil painting entitled The Wind was sold in Warhol's studio sale, Sotheby's, New York 29 April 1988, lot 2812.