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The Huck family of Galashiels

28 Nov 2007
  • Pastel drawing by James Huck, dated 1933.
  • John Huck (1837-1918) with his son James Huck (1875-1940) and his son Hamish Huck (1907-?)
  • James Huck

Unusually among artists, Galashiels painter James Huck (1875-1940) won acclaim within his lifetime.

Painting portraits and landscapes in a number of media, including oil and watercolour, Huck became a prominent member of the Galashiels community.

Educated in Hawick and raised in Galashiels by his father John Huck (1837-1918), a local trapper, fisherman, dairyman and mole catcher, James Huck moved to Glasgow to attend the city's School of Art in 1900, where he won a travel scholarship and set out to France and Italy.

Upon his return to Scotland, Huck joined Glasgow Art School's faculty, teaching from May 1902 through to 1937/8. During this period he ascended to Assistant Professor in preparatory life, antique, ornament and preparatory painting in 1908/9, and to Assistant Director in 1926, before retirement in 1938.

To see more photographs of the Huck family, have a look in the Pics & Videos section right here on s1galashiels. To find out further information about James Huck and his family, check out www.jameshuck.com or if you recognise anyone in any of the pictures and would like to get in touch with Jane McDevitt, there are contact details for her on www.jameshuck.com.

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