Background
He was born in Glasgow and died there too.
He was born in Glasgow and died there too.
J. Morris Henderson, the name he used to sign his paintings, was the brother of John Henderson (1860-1924). Both were the sons of Joseph Henderson RSW (1832–1908), in a family of Scottish painters. J. Morris Henderson was born in Glasgow, where his father moved in the early 1850s, and remained living there.
He painted oils as well as watercolours.
He is mentioned in The Dictionary of British Artist and The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. Exhibitions of his works were held in London at the Royal Academy, and the New Gallery.
In Liverpool at the Walker Art Gallery and in Manchester at the Manchester City Art Gallery. In Scotland he exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours.