William M. Pratt - Burning the Shaws

William Pratt was a Scottish painter born in Glasgow in 1854. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and furthered his studies at the Academie Julian in Paris. Pratt was influenced by Sir David Wilkie RA and William Mulready RA. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and in Paris at the Salon, where he won an 'honourable mention' in 1902. Pratt exhibited seventy paintings at The Royal Scottish Academy between 1877 and 1929. His work is represented in the Gallery of Modern Art in Venice, and his paintings can be found in the Dumbarton, Crail, Glasgow and Paisley Museums in his native Scotland, as well as the National Museum in Northern Ireland.