John Duncan ( fl. 1800–1818) was a Scottish weaver who wrote an authoritative book about weaving in 1808.
15-815: (Redirected from Johnny Duncan ) John Duncan may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] John Duncan (painter) (1866–1945), Scottish painter John Duncan (artist) (born 1953), American artist and musician Big John Duncan (born 1958), Scottish punk musician John Duncan (harpist) (1904–1998), English musician Law, military, and politics [ edit ] John Duncan (Australian politician) (1845–1913), South Australian pastoralist and politician John Duncan (Canadian politician) (born 1948), MP from British Columbia John Duncan (New Zealand politician) (1848–1924), New Zealand politician John D. C. Duncan Jr. (1884–1958), American politician and lawyer John Edward Duncan (1884–1959), member of
30-704: A butcher and cattleman. He, however, had no interest in the family business and preferred the visual arts. By the age of 15 he was submitting cartoons to the local magazine The Wizard of the North and was later taken on as an assistant in the art department of the Dundee Advertiser . At the same time he was also a student at the Dundee School of Art , then based at the High School of Dundee . In 1887–1888 he worked in London as
45-617: A commercial illustrator, then travelled to the continent to study at Antwerp Academy under Charles Verlat and the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1889 Duncan returned to Dundee and exhibited in the new Victoria Art Galleries extension of the Albert Institute . The following year he became one of the founder members of the Dundee Graphic Arts Association (now Dundee Art Society ). Most of his income at this time
60-675: A group of young talents who created and exhibited decorative art and design pieces for the Graphic Arts Association, including Nell Baxter, Rosa Baxter, Elizabeth Burt and Duncan's sister Jessie Westbrook. Thanks to Patrick Geddes's influence, in 1900 Duncan was appointed as a Professor at the Chicago Institute founded by Francis Wayland Parker . His stay there was not a happy one, and after Parker's death in 1902 he returned to Scotland and settled in Edinburgh, where he would live for
75-452: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Duncan (painter) John Duncan (1866–1945) was a Scottish Symbolist painter. Much of his work, apart from portraits, depicted Arthurian legends , Celtic folklore , and other mythological subjects. Duncan was born in the Hilltown area of Dundee on 19 July 1866, the son of
90-507: The Dundee artist Nell Baxter and the decorative artist Robert Burns . Among other subjects, Duncan depicted Bacchus and Silenus in a mythical scene. Duncan also acted as director of Geddes's short-lived Old Edinburgh School of Art, and was commissioned by him to design the Witches' Well in Edinburgh in 1894. In 1897 Duncan returned to Dundee and exhibited Celtic and Symbolist paintings at
105-708: The Graphic Arts Association as well as the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute among others. It was at this time that he painted The Glaive of Light now in the University of Dundee 's collection. He continued to teach art and design, at the Dundee YMCA , the University and the art school at Dundee Technical Institute . He also created Dundee's first design collective by gathering together
120-2062: The New Zealand Legislative Council John Duncan (US Administration) (born 1945), U.S. Department of the Treasury John Riley Duncan (1850–1911), Texas lawman John Duncan Sr. (1919–1988), U.S. Representative from Tennessee John S. R. Duncan (1921–2006), British administrator in Sudan, then diplomat, high commissioner and ambassador Jimmy Duncan (politician) (John James Duncan, Jr., born 1947), U.S. Representative from Tennessee, son of John Duncan, Sr., above John Duncan (diplomat) (born 1958), British diplomat, ambassador for Multilateral Arms Control and Disarmament 2006–11 John Alton Duncan (1932–2007), Manitoba judge John Duncan (British Army officer, born 1872) (1872–1948), British general John Duncan (British Army officer, born 1870) (1870–1960), British general Religion [ edit ] John Duncan, a.k.a. John Dongan (fl. c. 1410 ), Manx religious leader John Duncan (writer) (1721–1808), English miscellaneous writer and army chaplain John Duncan (theologian) (1796–1870), aka Rabbi Duncan, Scottish religious leader and educator John Duncan (priest) (born 1933), English Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1985 to 2001 Sports [ edit ] Art Duncan (John Arthur Duncan, 1891–1975), Canadian ice hockey player John Ross Duncan (born 1944), Australian cricketer John Duncan (footballer) (1949–2022), Scottish football player and manager John William Duncan (1885–1963), Welsh field hockey player Others [ edit ] John Duncan (author) , American writer John Duncan (botanist) (1794–1881), Scottish weaver and botanist John Duncan (neuroscientist) , (born 1953), British neuroscientist John Duncan (surgeon) (1839–1899), Scottish surgeon, President of
135-1292: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh John Duncan (weaver) ( fl. 1800–1818 ), Scottish writer on weaving John Duncan (traveller in Africa) (1805–1849), Scottish traveller in Africa John Charles Duncan , American astronomer John H. Duncan (1855–1929), American architect John Holt Duncan (1820–1896), one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity at Miami University John S. Duncan (born 1955), British neurologist Johnny Duncan [ edit ] Johnny Duncan (actor) (1923–2016), American actor Johnny Duncan (bluegrass musician) (1931–2000), American skiffle and bluegrass musician Johnny Duncan (country singer) (1938–2006), American country-music singer Johnny Duncan (footballer) (1896–1966), Scottish football player and manager associated with Leicester City See also [ edit ] Jon Duncan (born 1975), British orienteering world champion Jack Duncan (disambiguation) Jonathan Duncan (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with John Duncan [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
150-620: The period, it was unsuccessful. Duncan's major work was Practical and Descriptive Essays on the Art of Weaving (Glasgow, 1808). It was later said, by Clinton G. Gilroy, to be an unacknowledged source used in Andrew Ure 's Philosophy of Manufactures . Duncan wrote an account of his tambouring machine in the Edinburgh Encyclopædia , article "Chain Work," according to Harte. (p. 124) Duncan
165-696: The rest of his life. Duncan was a member of the Scottish Arts Club and served as its President. His last major work was entitled Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay (dated 1929). The work was commissioned and is now held by the University of St Andrews . The painting was completed in spite of the critical antagonisms Duncan was facing at the time. A smaller scale replica is held in the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery , Carlisle . John Duncan (weaver) John Duncan came from Glasgow , but nothing has so far been found about his ancestry. He
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195-568: Was also the probable author of the "Cloth Manufacture" article in Volume 6 of the Edinburgh Encyclopedia , signed "(J.D.)" The entry contains "a description of a loom invented by the author of this article," which purports to improve upon the vertical loom of Mr. Johnson, also discussed in the entry. Figures 3 and 4 of Plate CXCV, entitled "Vibrating Loom," illustrate his invention. Duncan also wrote articles for Rees's Cyclopædia on: and
210-543: Was derived from portrait commissions, including the jute merchant John L. Luke and Mrs Hunter of Hilton. In 1892 Duncan moved to Edinburgh to work with the sociologist, botanist and urbanist Patrick Geddes , whom he had met in Dundee. As part of the Celtic Revival movement, Duncan painted murals for Geddes's halls of residence at Ramsay Garden . He also became the principal artist for Geddes's 1895–1897 seasonal magazine The Evergreen . The magazine also featured work by
225-466: Was the inventor of a patent tambouring machine (Patent No 2769, of 1804). This was an early sewing machine , for "raising flowers, figures and other ornaments on muslins, lawns, silks, woollens, or mixed cloths". Duncan may have used the chain stitch , which was employed for tambour lace , as was later done by Barthélemy Thimonnier . Sometimes Duncan's invention has been described as the first embroidering machine; as with other pioneering machines of
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