James Dickson Innes (27 Feb. 1887 – 22 August 1914); British painter, mainly of mountain landscapes but occasionally of figure subjects. He worked in both oils and watercolors. Of his style, art historian David Fraser Jenkins wrote: "Like that of the fauves in France and the expressionists in Germany, the style of his work is primitive: it is child-like in technique and is associated with the landscape of remote places." Born on 27 Feb. 1887 in Llanelli, in south Wales. His parents sent him to be educated at Christ College, Brecon. Afterwards he studied at the Carmarthen School of Art, from where he won a scholarship to the Slade School of Art in London. His teachers at the Slade included P. Wilson Steer. From 1907 he exhibited with the New English Art Club; and in 1911 he became a member of the Camden Town Group. The Camden Town Group included Walter Sickert who was an influence on Innes's art, and Augustus John with whom Innes became friends. In 1911 he had a two-man exhibition with Eric Gill at the Chenil Gallery, London: "Sculptures by Mr Eric Gill and Landscapes by Mr J. D. Innes". In 1913 Innes exhibited in the influential Armory Show in New York. Innes was unusual for a British artist of that time, because of his bold painting style, more attuned to the French post-impressionists. It has been argued his unusual style led the way for British artists such as David Hockney. In 1911 and 1912 he spent some time painting with Augustus John around Arenig Fawr in the Arenig valley in North Wales; but much of his work was done overseas, mainly in France (1908–13), notably at Collioure, but also in Spain (1913) and Morocco (1913) – foreign travel having been prescribed after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Eventually, on 22 August 1914, at the age of 27, he died of the disease at a nursing home in Swanley, Kent. In 2014 an exhibition of Innes' works was staged at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dickson_Innes) undefined

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