William James Laidlaw Baillie CBE PPRSW Hon RA Hon RWA
Born in Edinburgh and studied at Edinburgh College of Art, his studies were interrupted by war service in the Far East. Eventually graduating from Moray House College he was appointed resident tutor at the National Gallery of Art Summer School in Ottawa. In 1960 he joined the staff of Edinburgh College of Art where he served for nearly three decades, retiring as Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Drawing and Painting School. His work is held in the collections of the Royal Scottish Academy, the Scottish Arts Council
and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. A retrospective was held at Kirkaldy Art Gallery in 1977.
