Education
He studied printmaking under Adam Bruce Thomson. He studied further at the Royal College of Art, London, producing etchings and engravings of subjects such as "Loch Scavaig, Skye" in the 1930s.
He studied printmaking under Adam Bruce Thomson. He studied further at the Royal College of Art, London, producing etchings and engravings of subjects such as "Loch Scavaig, Skye" in the 1930s.
Wilson learned stained glass making in an apprenticeship with James Ballantyne, and by studying under Herbert Hendrie. In 1932 he was awarded a Carnegie Travelling Scholarship by the Royal Scottish Academy, which he used to study at Edinburgh College of Art under Adam Bruce Thomson and to travel in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. In these travels he made pen and ink drawings of the Italian city of Venice, and the Spanish cities of Madrid, Granada, Ronda, and Toledo.
In watercolour he belonged to the Edinburgh School.
Some of his works are on display at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. Wilson taught stained glass making at Edinburgh College of Artist
He started his own studio in 1937, making stained glass windows for Canterbury Cathedral and a number of Scottish Churches. He slowly became blind through diabetes.
As well as religious stained glass, he made secular pieces such as "The Irish Jig" which was originally fitted in his Edinburgh home.
Some of Wilson"s works are in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland. His "Scottish Fishermen" is in Aberdeen Art Gallery. The University of Street Andrews describes Wilson as "one of Scotland"s great artists, a master of the arts of printmaking, painting and stained glass".
Bourne Fine Art note that "in all he did, his style was very distinctive".
He was a member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Wilson was a member of the Royal Scottish Academy (Republic of South Africa ).