James Norie (1684-1757)

• Was a Scottish landscape painter and decorative artist.
• James Norie is thought to have been born in Morayshire, north eastern Scotland. 
• He is widely recognized as a pivotal figure in the development of 18th-century British landscape painting.
• Primarily active as a house-painter and decorative artist in Edinburgh.
• He specialized in painting architectural panels and murals for grand interior design schemes.
• His compositions frequently incorporated lush foliage, tranquil bodies of water, and ruins inspired by Roman antiquity.
• Norie established a highly successful family workshop.
• His two sons, James Norie junior and Robert Norie, trained under him and also became prominent decorative landscape painters in Scotland.

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